Mentha aquatica
speciesAt a glance
Sources16 archives
Databases and archives Mentha aquatica's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility528 423 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI43 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics64 specimens↗
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
La menthe citronnée, la menthe bergamote, la menthe eau de Cologne sont les noms génériques sous lesquels des menthes développant une odeur caractéristique de citron et d'orange, sont commercialement connues. Ces menthes cultivées appartiennent à un groupe de cultivars rapportés suivant les botanistes, à la menthe poivrée ou à une variété de la menthe aquatique. L'ancienne appellation Mentha citrata (Ehrh.) bien qu'elle ne soit plus valide actuellement en botanique, continue à être employée par les agronomes pour désigner cette famille de cultivars, objets d'une culture commerciale en Chine, en Inde et dans diverses régions du monde pour leur huile essentielle riche en linalol et acétate de linalyle.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology13
Life cycle & reproduction14
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment11
Physiology & chemistry9
Other traits2
Compounds documented for Mentha aquatica across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 682 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese tannin | 7,400 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Rosmarinic acid | 2,700 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| 17alpha-ethynylestradiol | 575 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| (R)-Menthofuran | 380.6 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| (-)-Menthol | 357 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| (±)-Isomenthone | 235.75 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Linalool | 207 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| alpha-Carvone | 114.75 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| 1,8-Cineole | 98.35 mg/100g | FooDB |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Mentha aquatica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Mentha aquatica carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 9658×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl +16
2n 364×CCDB · book-northern-plants · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants +1
2n 841×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 1081×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The solid bar is the fossil range: the span between the oldest and the youngest fossil that palaeontologists have assigned to Mentha aquatica. Above itBeside it, each dot is one dated fossil find — few enough to count, so they are drawn individually rather than as a graph.
Record type528 427 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions118 of 225 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 3 381 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 407 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 326 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 217 |
| Salzburg, AT | 167 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 160 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 138 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 125 |
| Olocation not on record | 122 |
| Tartu, EE | 97 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 94 |
| Görlitz, DE | 87 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 87 |
| Bergen, NO | 72 |
| South Kensington, GB | 70 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 66 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 62 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 60 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 58 |
| Mlocation not on record | 51 |
| Tallinn, EE | 51 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 49 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 47 |
| Berlin, DE | 44 |
| València, ES | 44 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 40 |
| Philadelphia, US | 40 |
| Uppsala, SE | 37 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 34 |
| Podgorica, ME | 34 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 34 |
| Bern, CH | 33 |
| MAlocation not on record | 31 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 29 |
| San Diego, US | 29 |
| Vitoria, ES | 27 |
| Turku, FI | 27 |
| BClocation not on record | 26 |
| LDlocation not on record | 25 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 24 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 23 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 21 |
| Bronx, US | 21 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 20 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 19 |
| Barcelona, ES | 18 |
| Kew, GB | 18 |
| Durban, ZA | 16 |
| Salamanca, ES | 16 |
| Trondheim, NO | 16 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 15 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 15 |
| Wlocation not on record | 14 |
| Saint Louis, US | 14 |
| Bourges, FR | 13 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 13 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 13 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 12 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 12 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 12 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 11 |
| Chicago, US | 10 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 10 |
| Pamplona, ES | 10 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 9 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 9 |
| PRClocation not on record | 9 |
| Granada, ES | 9 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 9 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 9 |
| Claremont, US | 9 |
| Tilburg, NL | 9 |
| Riverside, US | 9 |
| Paris, FR | 9 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 8 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 8 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 7 |
| Glarus, CH | 7 |
| Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN/Lwiro)location not on record | 7 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 7 |
| Kuopio, FI | 7 |
| Pamplona, ES | 7 |
| Davis, US | 6 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 6 |
| Vancouver, CA | 6 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 6 |
| Alicante, ES | 6 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 5 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 5 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 5 |
| Sion, CH | 5 |
| Taipei, TW | 4 |
| Oulu, FI | 4 |
| UChlocation not on record | 4 |
| Madison, US | 4 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 4 |
| Wellington, NZ | 4 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 4 |
| Jaén, ES | 4 |
| Porvoo, FI | 4 |
| Bangkok, TH | 4 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 4 |
| Rishon Le Zion, IL | 3 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 3 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 3 |
| Lausanne, CH | 3 |
| Xiamen, CN | 3 |
| GHPG$location not on record | 3 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 3 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| Beijing, CN | 3 |
| Canberra, AU | 3 |
| Hobart, AU | 3 |
| National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinarian Research, Portugallocation not on record | 3 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 3 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 3 |
| Valparaiso, CL | 3 |
| Banyoles, ES | 3 |
| 3 | |
| Auckland, NZ | 3 |
| BGBMlocation not on record | 3 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 3 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Hunan Geological Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 3 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 3 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| Hazara Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Felix d'Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruseslocation not on record | 2 |
| JBCLMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Maringá, BR | 2 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 2 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 2 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 2 |
| Albuquerque, US | 2 |
| Macomb, US | 2 |
| College Park, US | 2 |
| Sevilla, ES | 2 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 2 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 2 |
| Madrid, ES | 2 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kensington, AU | 2 |
| Coimbra, PT | 2 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 2 |
| Córdoba, ES | 2 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Columbia, US | 2 |
| Winterthur, CH | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| ZRC-SAZUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 2 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Hudson, US | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Hulllocation not on record | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| Orem, US | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUPCHlocation not on record | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 1 |
| Valparaíso, CL | 1 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 1 |
| Helsinki, FI | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Criciúma, BR | 1 |
| Gutierrez,J. & Carretero, A.C"location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 1 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pittsburg, US | 1 |
| Gijón, ES | 1 |
| Fribourg, CH | 1 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| München, DE | 1 |
| Fundación Miguel Lillolocation not on record | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tacoma, US | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Garðabær, IS | 1 |
| Irvine, US | 1 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 1 |
| nbflocation not on record | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| The CB Rhizobium Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Angwin, US | 1 |
| Fulda, DE | 1 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| USFSlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| UoB-IBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Mentha aquatica was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.