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Melissa officinalis L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Sp. Pl.: 592 (1753)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Lamiales
family
Lamiaceae
genus
Melissa
species
Melissa officinalis

Name

Synonyms
Faucibarba officinalis (L.) Dulac
Mutelia officinalis (L.) Gren.
Mutelia officinalis (L.) Gren. ex Mutel
Thymus melissa E.H.L.Krause
Homonyms
Melissa officinalis L.
Common names
Abeyeira in language.
Balm in English
Balm in English
Balm in English
Balm in English
Bawm in Welsh
Beebalm in English
Beebalm in English
Citroenmelisse in Dutch
Citroenmelisse in Dutch
Citronmelisse in Danish
Citronmelisse in Danish
Citronmelisse in Danish
Citronmelisse in Danish
Common Balm in English
Common Balm in English
Common balm in English
Garraiska in Basque
Gwenynddail in Welsh
Gwenynllys in Welsh
Gwenynllys Cyffredin in Welsh
Gwenynlys in Welsh
Hjertensfryd in Danish
Hjertensfryd in Danish
Ifar zizwi in language.
Lemonbalm in English
Lemonbalm in English
Limoncillo in Spanish
Llysiau'r Gwenyn in Welsh
Matičnjak in Croatian
Melisa in Croatian
Melisa lekarska in Polish
Melissa in English
Melissa in English
Melissa vera in Italian
Melissa vera in Italian
Melissa vera in Italian
Melissa vera in Italian
Melisse officinale in French
Melisse officinale in French
Melisse officinale in French
Mélisse citronelle in French
Mélisse officinale in French
Mélisse officinale in French
Mélisse officinale, Mélisse citronnelle, Citronnelle in French
Pčelinja metvica in Croatian
Toronjil in language.
Vaistinė melisa in Lithuanian
Zitronen-Melisse in German
Zitronen-Melisse in German

Bibliographic References

  1. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  2. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  3. Mirek Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając A., Zając A., Zając M.. 2020. Vascular plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
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