Melissa officinalis

Melissa officinalis

Synonymy

Source: 2010: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Melissa officinalis L., Sp. Pl.: 592. 1753
  • Mutelia officinalis (L.) Gren. ex Mutel, Fl. Franç., Suppl.: 87. 1838
  • Faucibarba officinalis (L.) Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 402. 1867
  • Thymus melissa E. H. L. Krause in Sturm, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 2, 11: 117. 1903

Distribution

AE(G) Al Bl Bu Co Cr Cy Gr Hs It Ju LS Lu Rf(CS) Sa Si Tcs Tu(A E) [Au Az Be Br Ca Cm Cz Da Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hu Ma Md Po Rf(S) Rm Su Uk] 

Euro+Med: Albania nativenativeA; Austria, with Liechtenstein introducedintroducedA; Azores introducedintroducedA; Baleares nativenativeA; Belgium, with Luxembourg introducedintroducedA; Bulgaria nativenativeA; Canary islands introducedintroducedA; Corsica nativenativeA; Crete, with Karpathos nativenativeA; Crimea introducedintroducedA; Cyprus nativenativeA; Denmark introducedintroducedA; East Aegean islands (Greek East Aegean islands nativenativeA); Former Czechoslovakia introducedintroducedA; Former Yugoslavia nativenativeA; France, with Channel is. and Monaco introducedintroducedA; Germany introducedintroducedA; Great Britain introducedintroducedA; Greece nativenativeA; Hungary introducedintroducedA; Ireland, with N Ireland introducedintroducedA; Italy, with San Marino and Vatican City nativenativeA; Lebanon-Syria nativenativeA; Madeira archipelago introducedintroducedA; Morocco introducedintroducedA; Netherlands introducedintroducedA; Poland introducedintroducedA; Portugal nativenativeA; Romania introducedintroducedA; Russia (North Caucasus nativenativeA, S European Russia introducedintroducedA); Sardinia nativenativeA; Sicily, with Malta nativenativeA; South Caucasus nativenativeA; Spain, with Gibraltar and Andorra nativenativeA; Sweden introducedintroducedA; Switzerland introducedintroducedA; Turkey (Turkey, Asiatic part nativenativeA, Turkey-in-Europe nativenativeA); Ukraine introducedintroducedA

Common Names

Aragonese (Spain): melisaB, tolonjinaB, toronginaB, toronjinaB, tronjinaB, B; Asturian; Bable; Leonese; Asturleonese (Spain): abeyeraB, beh.eraB, herba luisaB, luisaB, melisaB; Basque (Spain): garraiscaB, garraisca belarraB, garraiskaB, garraiska-belarrB, laraniaB, laraniasB, limoe-bedarrB, limoe-belarrB, torongillaB; Catalan; Valencian (Spain): arangíB, cidracB, citronellaB, herba abelleraB, herba cidreraB, herba llimoneraB, melissaB, taronginaB, tarongíB, torongiB, toronginaB; Finnish (Finland): sitruunamelissaC; Galician (Spain): abellarizaB, abelleiraB, abillarizaB, abilleiraB, apiastroB, avelleiraB, belleiraB, cidreB, cidreiraB, citronella-menorB, coboB, copatB, copeiraB, cravoB, erba-cidreiraB, erva-cidreiraB, herba abellaB, herba abelleiraB, herba abelleraB, herba belleiraB, herba cidreiraB, herba velleiraB, hierba abilleiraB, melisaB, melissaB, meliteiraB, toronxilB, tronxilB, trungilB, trunjilB, trunxilB; High Aragonese (Spain): tolonjinaB, toronjinaB, tronjinaB, B, té de huertoB; Majorcan (Baleares): tarongíB; Majorcan (Mallorca): arangíB, aranjíB, taronginaB, tarongíB, tarongí-inaB, torongíB; Portuguese (Portugal): apiastroB, belleiraB, chá-da-FrançaB, cidreiraB, citronelaB, citronela-menorB, citronella menorB, citronella-menorB, erva cidreiraB, erva-cidreiraB, herba abelleiraB, herva cidreiraB, limoneteB, meliphylloB, melisa verdadeiraB, melissaB, meliteiraB, meliteriaB; Spanish; Castilian (Spain): abejeraB, abeyeraB, albedarumbreB, apiastroB, bedaranjíB, cedrónB, cidronelaB, cidronellaB, cidrónB, citrariaB, hierba buenaB, hierba cidraB, hierba limoneraB, hierba lunaB, hoja de limónB, limoncilloB, limoneraB, limonera bordeB, melisaB, melisa oficinalB, te de calazoB, torojilB, torongilB, torongil cidradoB, torongil de limónB, torongillaB, toronginaB, toronjaB, toronjilB, toronjil falsoB, toronjinaB, toronjíB, verde-limónB, yerba cidreraB; Swedish (Sweden & Finland): citronmelissC; Valencian (Spain): melissaB, tarongilB, taronginaB

Bibliography

A. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
B. anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
C. Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS