Herbarium specimen: Mentha suaveolens x longifolia = M. x rotundifolia
| Taxon: | Lamiaceae: Mentha suaveolens x longifolia = M. x rotundifolia (L.) Huds. ("False Apple-mint") named by Rex Alan Henry Graham |
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| Collected by: | Alban Edward Lomax |
| Collection date: | 8/1880 |
| Locality: | Great Britain, VC58 Cheshire, Bromborough Pool, SJ38 |
| ex herb: | Mr Charles Bailey Rex Alan Henry Graham |
| Institution: | Manchester Museum (MANCH) |
| Accession number: | MANCH.366089.Kk803 |
| notes: | Handwritten Note: These plants are not the same. That on the right is, I think, unlikely to be Mentha rotunidfolia (L.) Huds: I cannot be sure from the state of the plant, but I suspect it is Mentha aquatica L. The one on the left seems to be (x) [crossed out] Mentha "x viliaca Jaq van sapida (Tausch) Briquet" - that is to say, it agrees with the well-known Scottish mint which has been identified as sapida in the past by several botanists. In actual fact I am not yet certain whether our Scottish material really is sapida Tausch, and I hope to clear the matter up before long. I suspect that the label refers to the plant on the right - I have not seen, or seen records of, English sapida. More normally sapida has included stamens. RAGraham 19/8/47 NB. Unfortunately Graham died the next year. |
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