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Melissa officinalis L.

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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Lamiales
family
Lamiaceae
genus
Melissa
species
Melissa officinalis

Name

Synonyms
Faucibarba officinalis (L.) Dulac
Mutelia officinalis (L.) Gren.
Mutelia officinalis (L.) Gren. ex Mutel
Thymus melissa E.H.L.Krause
Homonyms
Melissa officinalis L.
Common names
Balm in English
Balm in English
Chá-da-frança in Portuguese
Chá-de-tabuleiro in Portuguese
Cidreira in Portuguese
Cidreira-verdadeira in Portuguese
Cidrilha in Portuguese
Citroenmelisse in Dutch
Citronmelisse in Danish
Citronmelisse in Danish
Erva-cidreira in Portuguese
Erva-cidreira-verdadeira in Portuguese
Erva-luísa in Portuguese
Hjertensfryd in Danish
Melissa in Portuguese
Melissa-romana in Portuguese
Melisse in French
Melitéia in Portuguese
Toronjil in language.
Zitronen-Melisse in German
Zitronen-Melisse in German
Zitronenmelisse in German
Zitronenmelisse in German
balm in English
balm in English
beebalm in English
citraria in Spanish
citroenmelisse in Dutch
citronmeliss in Swedish
citronmeliss in Swedish
citronmētra in Latvian
common balm in English
erva-cidreira in Spanish
erva-cidreira in Portuguese
lemonbalm in English
medovka lekárska in Czech
meduňka lékařská in Czech
melissa in English
melissa lekarstvennaja in language.
mélisse in French
mélisse officinale in French
sitronmelisse in Norwegian Bokmål
sitronmelisse in Nynorsk, Norwegian
sitruunamelissa in Finnish
sitruunamelissa in Swedish
toronjil in Spanish
xiang feng hua in language.
香蜂草 in language.
Citroenmelisse in Dutch
citronmeliss in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Aronsson, Mora (2004) Thomas Karlssons Kärlväxtlista
  2. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
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