Table 3.
Mentha L. species, distribution, habitat, and number of accessions in the USDA ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository-Corvallis.
| Species | NCGR-Corvallis Accessions | Range | Habitat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentha aquatica L. | 15 | Europe except extreme north | wet edges of ponds, lakes, canals |
| Mentha aquatica var. citrata | 14 | North America and Central Europe | moist fields and roadsides, cultivated |
| Mentha arvensis L. | 3 | Southern and Western Europe | moist fields and roadsides |
| 0 | Northern and Eastern Europe | moist fields and roadsides | |
| Mentha australis R. Br. | 2 | Australia - except West Australia), Tasmania | near watercourses and waterholes and damp gullies |
| Mentha canadensis L. | 43 | North America and Eastern Asia | streambankslake shores, moist fields, roadsides. Also cultivated |
| Mentha cervina L. | 3 | Western Mediterranean, Spain, Portugal, and Mediterranean France | damp land to water overwintering under water in native habitat |
| Mentha dahurica Fisch. ex Benth. | 0 | Eastern Siberia to Northern China, Hokkaido, Japan | water meadows, shores of rivers and lakes, thickets, wood margins |
| Mentha diemenica Spreng. | 1 | South Australia to Tasmania and New South Wales, Australia | wet edges of ponds, lakes, canals |
| Mentha gattefossei Maire | 5 | Grand and Moyen Atlas Mountains, Morocco | edges of dayas, damp pastures |
| Mentha grandifora Benth. | 0 | Eastern Australia from Inland Queensland to Northern New South Wales | sandy soil |
| M. hybrids | 100 | cultivated types | --- |
| Mentha japonica (Miq.) Makino. | 2 | Hokkaido and Honshu, Japan | wet places in lowlands to mountains |
| Mentha laxiflora Benth. | 0 | Victoria and Southern New South Wales | forests, in gullies, regions above 508 mm rainfall |
| Mentha longifolia var. asiatica | 2 | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Russia, China, Afghanistan, India | wet places in lowlands to mountains |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. longifolia | 18 | Europe | alpine meadows stream banks above 305 m |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. dumortieri | 0 | Belgium | unknown |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. lavandulacea | 0 | Spain | unknown |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. erminea | 0 | Crete, Central and Southern Greece, Turkey | marshes |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. cyprica | 0 | Cyprus Mountains | moist ground by streams and springs |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. grisella | 0 | Hungary, Romania, Macedonia, Greece, Asia minor | unknown |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. diabolina | 0 | Eastern Europe, Asia | moist areas |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. mollis | 0 | Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia | unknown |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. minutiflora | 0 | Hungary, Macedonia, Crete | unknown |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. typhoides | 1 | Aegean, Northwestern Iran, Northern Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt | marshy fields by streams and rivers |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. caucasica | 0 | Caucasus | unknown |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. calliantha | 0 | Northwestern Iran, Eastern Anatolia | marshy ground, streamsides |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. noeana | 0 | Western Iran, Iraq, Southeast Anatolia | marshy ground, streamsides |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. modesta | 0 | Asia minor, Iran, Tibet | unknown |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. royleana | 0 | Asia minor, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkestan, Siberia, Tibet | river planes |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. hymalaiensis | 1 | Himalayas, Afghanistan | unknown |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. syriaca | 0 | Syria | wadis |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. pellita | 0 | Syria, Ethiopia | wadis |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. schimperi | 0 | Ethiopia, Sinai Penninsula, Yemin | wadis |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. capensis | 1 | South Africa, Namibia, Zambebwe, Lesotho | in water courses and moist places |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. polyadenia | 1 | South Africa, Lesotho | in water courses and moist places |
| Mentha longifolia subsp. wissii | Namibia, South Africa | in water courses and moist places | |
| Mentha pulegium var. pulegium | 9 | Southern, Western, and Central Europe, north to Ireland and Central Poland and extending to western and southern Ukraine | wet places, roadsides, pond banks |
| Mentha pulegium var. micrantha | 0 | Southeast Russia, Western Kazakhstan | sinkholes and steppes |
| Mentha pulegium var. repens | 0 | Tasmania, Australia | moist soil |
| Mentha requienii Benth | 1 | Tyrrhenian Isles (Corsica, Sardinia, Montecristo, Caprera | margins of still and running water, turf, and other damp places often in shade |
| Mentha satureioides R.BR | 0 | Australia | native |
| Mentha spp. | 6 | Australia except in the extreme north | usually loamy soils |
| Mentha spicata subsp. spicata | 96 | ancient amphidiploid of M. longifolia x M. suaveolens | streambanks, lake shores, moist fields, roadsides; cultivated |
| Menhta spicata subsp crispata | cultivated | cultivated | |
| Mentha spicata subsp. condensata | 2 | Southern Italy, Sicily, Balkan Penninsula, Agean Region | cultivated |
| cultivated | cultivated | ||
| Mentha suaveolens subsp. insularis | 28 | Cultivated (western europe from Denmark to eastern Europe and North Africa and the Canaries | along streambaanks, lakeshores, moist field, and roadsides |
| Mentha suaveolens subsp. suaveolens | 1 | western Mediterranean | islands of the western Mediterranean above 305 m |
| Mentha suaveolens subsp. timja | 0 | Morocco | unknown |
| Mentha x dalmatica Tausch | 5 | Germany, Poland, Switzerland | cultivated |
| Mentha x dumetorum Schult. | 2 | Europe | cultivated |
| Mentha x gracilis Sole | 22 | Europe, United States | cultivated, naturalized |
| Mentha x piperita L. | 48 | Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North and South America | cultivated, naturalized |
| Mentha x smithiana R. A. Graham | 3 | Europe | native and cultivated |
| Mentha x suavis Guss | 1 | Africa | native |
| Mentha x verticillata L. | 3 | Europe | native |
| Mentha x villosa Huds. | 6 | Europe | native and cultivated |
| Mentha x villosa nothovar. alopecuroides Hull (Briq.) | 10 | Europe | native and cultivated |
| Total | 455 |