Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 576 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

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common name: Mint [n/a]

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• Type: Mentha spicata L.

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 149 [secondary reference]

common name: Mints [n/a]

Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 486-487 [secondary reference]

common name: Mint [n/a]

• Etymology: "The Latin name of mint."

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 730 [secondary reference]

common name: Mint [n/a]

• Etymology: "The Latin name of mint."

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common name: Mint [n/a]

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• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), NT, SA (native and naturalised), Qld, NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised)

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