Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Lamiaceae Martinov
Melissa officinalis L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 2 :
592
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in montibus Genevensibus, Allobrogicis, Italicis."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1855) , Third systematic index of the plants of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly :
8
[secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (1870) , Flora Australiensis 5 :
73
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (December 1926) , Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3 :
493, Fig. 206
[secondary reference]
common name:
Balm
[n/a]
Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4 :
739-740, Fig. 1060
[secondary reference]
common name:
Balm
[n/a]
Curtis, W.M. (1967) , Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3 :
546-547
[secondary reference]
common name:
Balm
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
136
[secondary reference]
Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999) , Lamiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4 :
438-439, Fig. 84e
[secondary reference]
common name:
Lemon Balm
[n/a]
Bown, D. (2002) , New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses Edn. Revised :
274
[secondary reference]
common name:
Melissa
[n/a]
common name:
Lemon Balm
[n/a]
State Herbarium of South Australia (2008) , Fact sheets. The Electronic Flora of South Australia :
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Balm
[n/a]
common name:
Balm
[n/a]
National Herbarium of New South Wales (2009) , PlantNET Flora of New South Wales Online :
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Common Balm
[n/a]
common name:
Lemon Balm
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Melissa officinalis L. subsp. officinalis
legitimate
APC Dist.:
SA (doubtfully naturalised), Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016) , Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island :
52
[secondary reference]