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Melissa officinalis L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 592 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000240053.

Synonyms of Melissa officinalis L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Melissa altissima Sm. Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 423 1809 wfo-0000239999
Melissa bicornis Klokov in Fl. RSS Ukr. 9: 659 1960 wfo-0000240006
Melissa cordifolia Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 132 1806 wfo-0000240014
Melissa corsica Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. 732 1835 wfo-0000240015
Melissa foliosa Opiz ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 329 1831 wfo-0000240019
Melissa graveolens Host Fl. Austriac. 2: 128 1831 wfo-0000240027
Melissa hirsuta Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 562 1815 wfo-0000240028
Melissa occidentalis Raf. ex Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. 732 1835 wfo-0000240052
Melissa officinalis subsp. altissima (Sm.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital. ed. 2: 427 1894 wfo-0000240054
Melissa officinalis subsp. officinalis Unknown wfo-0000240056
Melissa officinalis var. romana (Mill.) Woodv. Med. Bot. 3: 398 1792 wfo-0000240057
Melissa romana Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 2 1768 wfo-0000240070
Melissa taurica Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. 393 1834 wfo-0000240083
Mutelia officinalis (L.) Gren. ex Mutel Fl. Franç. Suppl.: 87 1838 wfo-0000246835
Thymus melissa E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 11: 117 1903 wfo-0000324372
Melissa officinalis var. graveolens (Host) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 587 1881 wfo-0000802140
Melissa officinalis var. foliosa Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar. 379 1893 wfo-0000834697
Melissa officinalis var. cordifolia (Pers.) K.Koch Linnaea 17: 296 1844 wfo-0000915128
Melissa officinalis var. hirsuta K.Koch Linnaea 21: 673 1849 wfo-0000915169
Melissa officinalis var. altissima (Sm.) K.Koch Linnaea 21: 674 1849 wfo-0000915170
Melissa officinalis var. villosa Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. 393 1834 wfo-0000915171
Faucibarba officinalis (L.) Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 402 1867 wfo-0000966933

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link