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Melissa L.

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Melissa L., Sp. Pl. 592-594 (1753)
Melissa L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
592-594
ICN
Melissa L.
genus
Melissa

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Melissa

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Melissa L.

Perennial herbs; rhizomes short. Lvs simple, toothed. Verticels in axillary whorls, few- to many-flowered, in axils of leaflike bracts. Bracteoles linear, ovate or obovate. Calyx ± campanulate, 13-nerved, not gibbous at base, 2-lipped; upper lip flattened, 3-toothed; lower lip 2-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped; tube > calyx, curved upwards and widening above middle, lacking a ring of hairs; upper lip erect or sometimes deflexed, emarginate; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens included, convergent below upper lip; anther cells divergent. Style gynobasic, its branches subequal. Nutlets narrow-obovoid, smooth.

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1 January 2000
14 February 2014
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