MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT
PLANT NAME DATABASE
Sorting Melissa names
Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
- Melissa altissima Sibth. -> Melissa
officinalis L. subsp. altissima (Sibth. & Smith) Arcang
- Melissa altissima Sm. -> Melissa
officinalis L. subsp. altissima (Sibth. & Smith) Arcang
- Melissa arundana Boiss. -> Clinopodium
vulgare L. subsp. arundanum hort. -> Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch subsp. orientalis
(Bothmer) Greuter & Burdet
- Melissa axillaris (Benth.) Bakh. F.
- Melissa calamintha L. -> Calamintha
nepeta (L.) Savi
- Melissa citriodorata hort. -> Melissa
officinalis L.
- Melissa clinopodium Benth. -> Clinopodium
vulgare L. subsp. vulgare
- Melissa cordifolia Pers. -> Melissa
officinalis L.
- Melissa debilis (Bunge) Benth. -> Calamintha
debilis (Bunge) Benth.
- Melissa foliosa Opitz. -> Melissa
officinalis L.
- Melissa fruticosa L. -> Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce
- Melissa grandiflora L. ->
Calamintha grandiflora (L.) Moench
- Melissa graveolens Host. -> Melissa
officinalis L. subsp. officinalis
- Melissa hirsuta Bl. -> Melissa axillaris
(Benth.) Bakh. F.
- Melissa hirsuta Hornem. -> Melissa
officinalis L.
- Melissa inodora Bornm., non Hassk.
-> Melissa officinalis L. subsp. inodora
(Bornm.)
Bornm.
- Melissa inodora Hassk.
- Melissa maxima Ard. -> Perilla frutescens
(L.) Britt.
- Melissa nepeta L. ->
Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi
- Melissa officinalis L.
- Melissa officinalis L. subsp. altissima (Sibth.
& Smith) Arcang
- Melissa officinalis L. subsp. inodora (Bornm.)
Bornm.
- Melissa officinalis L. subsp. officinalis
- Melissa officinalis L. var. hirsuta Pers.
-> Melissa officinalis L.
- Melissa officinalis L. var. villosa Benth.
-> Melissa officinalis L.
- Melissa parviflora Benth., non Salib.
-> Melissa axillaris (Benth.) Bakh. F.
- Melissa parviflora Benth. var. purpurea
Hayata -> Melissa axillaris
(Benth.) Bakh. F.
- Melissa parviflora Salisb., nom. illeg.
-> Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi
- Melissa pulegioides L. -> Hedeoma
pulegioides (L.) Pers.
- Melissa pulegium (L.) Griseb., non
Rochel -> Mentha pulegium L. subsp. pulegium
- Melissa romana Mill. -> Melissa
officinalis L. subsp. altissima (Sibth. & Smith) Arcang
- Melissa sylvestris Lam., nom. illeg. -> Melittis
melissophyllum L. subsp. melissophyllum
- Melissa umbrosum M. Bieb. -> Clinopodium
umbrosum (M. Bieb.) K. Koch
- Melissa vulgaris (L.) Trevisan -> Clinopodium
vulgare L. subsp. vulgare
Melissa axillaris (Benth.)
Bakh. F.
SYNONYM(S) : Calamintha
cavaleriei H. Léveillé & Vaniot; Melissa hirsuta
Bl., Melissa parviflora Benth., non Salisb., Melissa
parviflora Benth. var. purpurea Hayata.
CHINESE : 鼻红草 Bi hong cao,
鼻血草 Bi
xie cao, 滇荆芥
Dian jing jie, 红活美 Hong
huo mei, 蜜蜂花 Mi
feng hua, 土荆芥 Tu jing jie, 香
蜂花 Xiang feng
hua.
ENGLISH : Blood grass, Small-leaved purple melissa.
Melissa inodora Hassk.
ARABIC : ترنجان عديم الرائحة.
ENGLISH : Odourless balm, Scentless balm .
Melissa officinalis L.
SYNONYM(S) : Melissa
citriodorata hort., Melissa cordifolia Pers., Melissa
hirsuta (Pers.) Hornem.
ARABIC : Baklut ul faristum, حَشِيشَة
النَمَل Hashisha al namal,
مونارده Munardah, رَيْحَان
اللَيْمُون
Rihan al limun, تُرِيجَان
Turijan.
BULGARIAN : Маточина
Matochina, Пчеляк
Pcheliak.
CHINESE : 香蜂花 Xiang feng
hua.
CROATIAN : Matičnjak.
CZECH : Meduňka.
DANISH : Citronmelisse, Hjertensfryd.
DUTCH : Bijenkruid, Citroenkruid, Citroenmelisse.
ENGLISH : Balm, Bee balm, Lemon balm, Sweet balm.
ESTONIAN : Meliss, Sidrunmeliss.
FINNISH : Sitruunamelissa.
FRENCH : Baume, Baume mélisse, Citronelle, Citronnelle,
Citrounelo (Provençal), Herbe au citron, Mélisse, Mélisse-citronnelle,
Mélisse officinale, Thé de France.
GERMAN : Frauenkraut, Gartenmelisse, Herzkraut, Herztrost,
Melisse, Mutterkraut, Zitronen Melisse, Zitronenmelisse, Zitronenkraut.
GREEK : Μελίσσα
Melissa, Μελισσόχορτο
Melissohorto, Μελισσοφύλλον
Melissophyllon, Μελίτταινα
Melittaina.
HEBREW : מֵלִסָּה
Melissa, מליסה רפואית .
HUNGARIAN : Anyaméhfű, Citromszagú mézfü, Macskaméz,
Melissza, Mézfű, Orvosi citromfű.
ICELANDIC : Hjartafró, Sítrónumelissa.
ITALIAN : Cedronella, Citronella, Erba limona, Melissa,
Melissa vera.
JAPANESE : コ
ウスイハッカ Kousui hakka, レモンバーム
Remon baamu, セイヨウヤマハッカ
Seiyou yama hakka, せいようやまはっか
, 西洋山薄荷.
KOREAN : 멜리사
Me ri sa, 레몬 밤
Re mon bam.
NORWEGIAN : Sitronmelisse.
PERSIAN : فرنج مشک
Farandj moschk, بادرنجبویه
Badranj buye (Badrunj buye).
POLISH : Melisa lekarska.
PORTUGUESE : Erva-cidreira, Melissa.
RUSSIAN : Лимонник
Limonnik, Мелисса
лекарственная Melissa lekarstvennaia, Мелисса лимонная Melissa
limonnaia.
SERBIAN : Limunka, Melisa, Matičnjak, Matočina, Pčelinjak,
Pčelinja metvica.
SLOVAKIAN : Medovka lekárska.
SLOVENIAN : Melisa.
SPANISH : Balsamita maior, Balsamito major, Citraria,
Melisa, Torongil, Toronjil, Toronjiña.
SWEDISH : Citronmeliss, Hjärtansfröjd, Melissört.
TURKISH : Kovan otu, Acemotu, Limon
nanesi, Limon otu, Melisa otu, Oğul otu, Turuncan.
UKRAINIAN : Маточник
Matochnik, Меліса
лікарська Melisa likars'ka, Меліса лимонна Melisa
limonna, Роївник Roivnyk.
Melissa officinalis L.
'Aurea'
FRENCH : Mélisse-citronnelle dorée.
GERMAN : Gelbe Zitronenmelisse.
Melissa officinalis L.
'Variegata'
FRENCH : Mélisse-citronnelle panachée.
GERMAN : Panaschierte Zitronenmelisse.
Melissa officinalis
L. subsp. altissima (Sibth. & Smith) Arcang
SYNONYM(S) : Melissa altissima
Sm. , Melissa romana Mill.
FRENCH : Mélisse de Crète, Mélisse de Nouvelle Zélande.
GERMAN : Kretische Melisse.
Melissa officinalis
L. subsp. inodora (Bornm.)
Bornm.
SYNONYM(S) : Melissa
inodora Bornm., non Hassk.
ENGLISH : Odourless balm, Scentless balm .
There is some confusion over the common names
and botanical synoymy of this plant. Most authors place this as a
synonym of Melissa officinalis L.
HOW TO CITE
THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS
Porcher
Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Melissa Names. Multilingual
Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Faculty of Land
& Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.
<
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Melissa.html > (2007).
REFERENCES
General Bibliography
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REFERENCES
Online
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REFERENCES
Specific & complementary
Katzer Gernot, 2007, Spice Pages, Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis L.) < http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Meli_off.html
>.
NOMEN.at, 2006, Nomen.at - animals and plants. Dictionary of Common
(Vernacular) Names. Melissa officinalis. < http://www.nomen.at/Melissa%20officinalis
>.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources
Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?melissa (10 January 2007). (GRIN)
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