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]