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Showing Prostanthera melissifolia

Lamiaceae Martinov

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Asteranae(superordo)
Lamiales(ordo)
Lamiaceae(fam.)
Prostanthera(gen.)
melissifolia(sp.)

Prostanthera melissifolia F.Muell.

, legitimate

, scientific

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(1)

[tax. nov.]

Type: "In silvis montanis a fontibus fluminis Barwan usque ad sinum Apollo Bay; et prope sinum Lutitt Bay (Dallachi) et promontorium Cape Otway versus."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

101

[secondary reference]

Althofer, G.W. (June 1978), Cradle of Incense: The Story of Australian Prostanthera

68-73, 178

[secondary reference]

common name:

Balm Mint Bush

[n/a]

Etymology: "foliage like melissa"

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

137

[secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Lamiaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

655-656

[secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. (29 May 1998), Contributions to the systematics of Prostanthera (Labiatae) in south-eastern Australia.

Telopea

7(4)

324-329, Fig. 3

[secondary reference]

Lectotype: Lectotype: Victoria: 'Upper Barwan [Barwon River] of Apollo Bay', F. Mueller s.n., s.dat. (MEL 43368); probable isolecto: (MEL 43367, 43369 & 43370). (refer Typification) P. melissifolia F. Muell. var. parvifolia Sealy, in Cotton, Curtis's Bot. Mag. 164(1948) t. 9687.

taxonomic synonym:

Prostanthera melissifolia var. parvifolia Sealy

legitimate

common name:

Balm Mint-bush

[n/a]

Comment: Conn notes here that collections from northern NSW were incorrectly referred to P. melissifolia in Conn (1992) Flora of NSW 3: 655-656. They were subequently redetermined as P. caerulea.

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Lamiaceae.

Flora of Victoria

451, Fig. 87i

[secondary reference]

common name:

Balm Mint-bush

[n/a]

Comment: Records of this species from East Gippsland almost certainly refer to Prostanthera incisa.

National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009), PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online

[secondary reference]

common name:

Balm Mint-bush

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Prostanthera melissifolia F.Muell. var. melissifolia

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Prostanthera melissifolia var. parvifolia Sealy

legitimate

APC Dist.: NSW, Vic

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