Mentha

Summary

Mentha is a taxon^[1]. Mentha ranks in the top 0.37% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,162 views/month, #718 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mentha's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Mentha is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Minthe is named after Mentha^[5].
• Mentha belongs to the parent taxon Menthinae^[6].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Mentha is Mentha^[7].
• Mentha's Commons category is recorded as Mentha^[8].
• The taxonomic type of Mentha is Mentha spicata^[9].
• Mentha's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mentha^[10].
• Mentha's Commons gallery is recorded as Mentha^[11].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao^[12].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[13].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 66^[14].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[15].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[16].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3^[17].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[18].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[19].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Mentha's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[23].
• Mentha's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7464^[24].
• Mentha's this taxon is source of is recorded as mint leaf^[25].
• Mentha's this taxon is source of is recorded as smell of mint^[26].
• Mentha's this taxon is source of is recorded as food plant^[27].

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Classification

Mentha's scientific name is Mentha^[7]. Mentha is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Mentha is classified within Menthinae^[6]. The taxonomic type of Mentha is Mentha spicata^[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'mint'}^[28], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Munt'}^[29], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '薄荷属'}^[30], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '薄荷属'}^[31], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'meta'}^[32].

Discovery and Description

Minthe is named after Mentha^[5]. Things named for Mentha include Linux Mint^[33], a Linux distribution^[34], founded in 2006^[35].

Identifiers

Mentha's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54570^[36]. Mentha's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 21819^[37]. Mentha's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 38386^[38]. Mentha's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2927173^[39]. Mentha's ITIS TSN is recorded as 32264^[40].

Why It Matters

Mentha ranks in the top 0.37% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,162 views/month, #718 of 195,241).^[2] Mentha has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Mentha is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Mentha include Linux Mint^[33], a Linux distribution^[34], founded in 2006^[35].