Mentha australis

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Mentha

At a glance

Occurrence records1 372

Data sources7

Biological traits36

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Mentha australis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 372 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources36 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 372 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 72

01Narrative

Mentha australis is known by the common names of river mint, native mint, native peppermint, and Australian mint. 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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology13

Fruit length1 mm

Leaf length16 mm

Leaf length max35 mm

Leaf size188 mm²

Leaf width10 mm

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 10 mm · GIFT: 8 mm

Leaf width max8 mm

Leaf width min8 mm

Petiole length0.15 cm

Plant height0.45 m

Plant height max0.3 m

Seed length1 mm

Seed mass0.143 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.143 mg · AusTraits: 0.15 mg

Seed width0.7 mm

Life cycle & reproduction8

Dispersal typewater

Flowering timenynnnnnnnynn

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Reproduction asexualpresent

Reproductive maturity1 years

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite+monoecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment11

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typemericarp

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTLowland

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_ovate

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 australis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Mentha australis 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.

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.

Chromosomes2n = 72 n = 36

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 721×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Chambers, H. L. & K. E. Hummer. 1994. Chromosome counts in the Mentha collection at the USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository. Taxon 43: 423–432.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 372 records

Wild obs. + sensor968

Museum / vouchered401

Cultivated / captive1

Other2

Origin

Native142

Introduced2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 240 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 710≤1 km 174≤10 km 52>10 km 6

942 georeferenced · 26 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor968

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.

Coordinate accuracy23% within 1 km

≤100 m 32≤1 km 52≤10 km 204>10 km 80

368 georeferenced · 33 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence401

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions13 of 19 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Adelaide, AU	121
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	104
Mount Annan, AU	57
Brisbane, AU	37
Canberra, AU	31
Palmerston, AU	14
Hobart, AU	7
Auckland, NZ	4
Wellington, NZ	3
Armidale, AU	3
QVMAGlocation not on record	3
Stockholm, SE	2
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	2
Parkville, AU	2
EL PASO, US	1
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record	1
LDlocation not on record	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
Christchurch, NZ	1

19 institutions · 395 of 401 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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Mentha australis

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction8

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment11

Physiology & chemistry2

Other traits1

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type1 372 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions13 of 19 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type1 372 records