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Melissa officinalis L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Melissa (family Lamiaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 124103) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 592 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450084-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Faucibarba officinalis (L.) Dulac	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa altissima Sm.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa bicornis Klokov	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa cordifolia Pers.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa corsica Benth.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa foliosa Opiz ex Rchb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa graveolens Host	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa hirsuta Hornem.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa occidentalis Raf. ex Benth.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa officinalis subsp. altissima (Sm.) Arcang.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa officinalis var. altissima (Sm.) K.Koch	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa officinalis var. cordifolia (Pers.) K.Koch	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa officinalis var. foliosa Briq.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa officinalis var. graveolens (Host) Nyman	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa officinalis var. hirsuta K.Koch	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa officinalis subsp. officinalis	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa officinalis var. romana (Mill.) Woodv.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa officinalis var. villosa Benth.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa romana Mill.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa taurica Benth.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Mutelia officinalis (L.) Gren. ex Mutel	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Thymus melissa E.H.L.Krause	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Melissa officinalis subsp. inodora Bornm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-124103.

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• names related to this name have changed