Linnaeus, C. (1763), Species Plantarum Edn. 2, 2: 804 [tax. nov.]

Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 82 [secondary reference]

Hamilton, A.G. (1892), On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26: 236 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 763 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 233 [secondary reference]

common name: Spear Mint [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Mentha spicata L. legitimate

Black, J.M. & Robertson, E.L. (1957), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 4: 731 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Mentha spicata L. legitimate

Tucker, A.O., Harley, R.M. & Fairbrothers, D.E. (1980), The Linnaean Types of Mentha (Lamiaceae). Taxon 29(2/3): 234 [secondary reference]

• Comment: A.O.Tucker et al. select the type of Mentha spicata var. viridis L. as the lectotype of Mentha spicata L.

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 318 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Mentha spicata L. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 763

Forster, P.I. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Lamiaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 95 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Mentha spicata L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (1870), Flora Australiensis 5: 82

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Mentha spicata L. legitimate by Hamilton, A.G. (1892), On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26: 236

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Mentha spicata L. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 763

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