Mentha
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Summary
Mentha is a taxon[1]. Mentha ranks in the top 0.37% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,397 views/month, #718 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Named after: Minthe[4]
- Parent taxon: Menthinae[5]
- Taxon name: Mentha[6]
- Subclass of: Lamiaceae[7]
- Commons category: Mentha[8]
- Taxonomic type: Mentha spicata[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mentha[10]
- Commons gallery: Mentha[11]
- Described by source: Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 66[14], The New Student's Reference Work[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[17], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[18], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[23]
- Taxon synonym: Audibertia[24], Preslia[25], Pulegium[26]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7464[27]
- This taxon is source of: mint leaf[28], smell of mint[29], food plant[30]
- Taxon common name: mint[31], Munt[32], 薄荷属[33], meta[34]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[35]
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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].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Mentha include Linux Mint[41], a Linux distribution[42], founded in 2006[43].
Why It Matters
Mentha has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Mentha is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for Mentha include Linux Mint[41], a Linux distribution[42], founded in 2006[43].