Mentha australis

Species of flowering plant

Australian mint

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Lamiaceae
Genus:  | Mentha
Species:  |

M. australis

Binomial name
Mentha australis

R. Br.

Mentha australis is known by the common names of river mint, native mint, native peppermint, and Australian mint.[1] It is a mint species within the genus Mentha.

It is a native of eastern Australia, occurring in every state and territory except Western Australia. It is also naturalized on the North Island of New Zealand.[2]

## See also

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* Australia portal
* Food portal

* List of Australian herbs and spices

## References

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1. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (1999). CRC World dictionary of plant names: Common names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Sonyonyms, and Etymology. Vol. III M-Q. CRC Press. p. 1659\. ISBN 0-8493-2673-7. OCLC 1034973337.
2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

* Ali, A.; Cottrell, J.J.; Dunshea, F.R. (2023). "Characterization, Antioxidant Potential, and Pharmacokinetics Properties of Phenolic Compounds from Native Australian Herbs and Fruits". Plants. 12 (5): 993. doi:10.3390/plants12050993.

## External Links

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* "Mentha australis R.Br. — River Mint". Atlas of Living Australia.

Taxon identifiers

Mentha australis|

* Wikidata: Q1950762
* Wikispecies: Mentha australis
* APNI: 76793
* CoL: 3ZRMM
* eFloraSA: Mentha_australis
* GBIF: 3903405
* GRIN: 316511
* iNaturalist: 403857
* IPNI: 450215-1
* NCBI: 294732
* NTFlora: 2855
* NZOR: 86ffb76e-93a0-4bc4-87b5-26b1d05beb92
* NZPCN: 3193
* Open Tree of Life: 830087
* Plant List: kew-124435
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450215-1
* Tropicos: 50099040
* VicFlora: c07e6892-942b-41de-bb6e-515108ee79ba
* WFO: wfo-0000240401

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