<Unknown Taxon>

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 666

Mentha sylvestris Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 2: 804. 1763, nom. illeg.

“Habitat in Dania, Germania, Anglia, Gallia.” RCN: 4199.

Replaced synonym: Mentha spicata L. var. longifolia L. (1753).

Lectotype (Tucker & al. in Taxon 29: 234, f. 3. 1980): Herb. Burser XIII: 9 (UPS).

Current name: Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. (Lamiaceae).

Note: This is an illegitimate replacement name for Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson (1762), itself based on Mentha spicata var. longifolia L. (1753).