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Melissa officinalis L. Sp. Pl.: 592. 1753





Distribution in North America of
melissa officinalis,
Melissa vera,
Lemon balm
Melissa officinalis L.
Distribution in U.S.A. and Canada
USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 24 June 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.


Distribution in Europe of
melissa officinalis,
Melissa vera,
Lemon balm
Melissa officinalis L.
Distribuzione in Europa


Distribuzione in Italia di
melissa officinalis,
Melissa vera,
Lemon balm
Melissa officinalis L.
Distribuzione in Italia


TAXONOMY

Kingdom / Regno: Plantae
Subkingdom / Sottoregno: Tracheobionta
Superdivision / Superdivisione: Spermatophyta
Division / Divisione: Magnoliophyta
Class / Classe: Magnoliopsida
Subclass / Sottoclasse: Asteridae
Order / Ordine: Lamiales
Family / Famiglia: Lamiaceae


Genus / Genere: Melissa

Species / Specie


 


 


PLANT PROFILE / INFORMAZIONI :

Rank: species / specie
Status name: accepted / accettato

Nomi comuni / Common names

Italia Italian name / Nome italiano:
Melissa vera

Inghilterra
English name: Lemon balm
U.S. US name: Common Balm
Francia French name: mélisse officinale
Germania German name: Zitronenmelisse
Spagna Spanish name: citraria
Portogallo Portuguese name: erva-cidreira


Forma biologica: H scap (Pianta erbacea perenne, eretta)
Periodo di fioritura: V-VIII
Tipo corologico: Euri-Medit.
Altitudine (min/max): 0/1000 m.

Synonyms / Sinonimi: -


Sottospecie:
Melissa officinalis subsp. altissima (Sm.) Arcang.


immagini sul web Images / Immagini

Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.

Picture modified from Richard Wettstein - Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.

Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Jose Hernandez - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Credit: Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Leaves at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Leaves at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 137.

The copyright of this image has expired. This applies to those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years (United States, Canada, the European Union etc.). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this line-drawing for any purpose.


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Credit: Photo by Brunello Pierini


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.

Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Leaves at Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.

Credit: Photo by Marinella Zepigi


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Credit: Photo by Brunello Pierini


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Habit at Walmart Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Credit: Photo by Franco Rossi


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Picture modified from Bley, Franz - Botanisches Bilderbuch (1897/98) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
C. Hoffmann - Botanischer Bilder-Atlas (1884) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.


Melissa officinalis L.

Melissa officinalis L.
Leaves at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

altre informazioni sul web More information / Altre informazioni


Index of taxa / Indice delle specie

Generi delle Lamiaceae:
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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEB SITES:
- Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia (3 voll.) - Edagricole - 1982
- Tutin, T.G. et al. - Flora Europaea, second edition - 1993
- Zangheri P. - Flora Italica (2 voll.) - Cedam - 1976
- Euro+Med PlantBase - The information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/ 
- Il cercapiante - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades/KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste - http://dbiodbs.units.it/carso/cercapiante01
- Acta Plantarum - The Italian Flora - http://www.actaplantarum.org/

 

N.B. Per alcune specie la distribuzione geografica potrebbe richiedere degli aggiornamenti.