Mentha canadensis
speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Mentha canadensis's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 982 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI33 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics38 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
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 du Canada est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Lamiacées, originaire d'Amérique du nord et d'Asie orientale dont les formes cultivées répandues dans le monde ont reçu des noms différents suivant leur origine : menthe américaine, menthe du Japon, menthe de Chine. Elle est proche de la menthe des champs Mentha arvensis originaire d'Europe mais contrairement à celle-ci, elle est très riche en menthol, un arôme naturel utilisé pour aromatiser les cigarettes, les boissons, pour l'hygiène buccale, les cosmétiques et l'industrie pharmaceutique. Les cultivars de menthe du Japon sont très cultivés en Asie car ils fournissent la principale source commerciale pour la production de (-)-menthol naturel.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology3
Life cycle & reproduction5
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry1
Compounds documented for Mentha canadensis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds398 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-3-Carene | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-3-Methylcyclohexanone | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-3-Octanol | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-3-Thujone | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-alpha-Carene | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-alpha-Pinene | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-alpha-Thujone | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-beta-Caryophyllene | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-gamma-Eudesmol | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-Isomenthone | present | NPASS |
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 canadensis 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 canadensis 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.
2n 968×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn72 +1
2n 364×CCDB · iapt · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
2n 724×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1
2n 241×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 485×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type8 982 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions95 of 159 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Chicago, US | 274 |
| Yangling, CN | 256 |
| Corvallis, US | 138 |
| Bloomington, US | 126 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 125 |
| Bronx, US | 107 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 90 |
| Albuquerque, US | 86 |
| Chadron, US | 84 |
| Claremont, US | 74 |
| Green Bay, US | 67 |
| Nanjing, CN | 67 |
| Burlington, US | 66 |
| Saint John, CA | 62 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 60 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 53 |
| San Diego, US | 49 |
| Québec, CA | 48 |
| Madison, US | 47 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 43 |
| Montréal, CA | 41 |
| Davis, US | 41 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 36 |
| Riverside, US | 32 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 31 |
| Arcata, US | 22 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 21 |
| Saint Louis, US | 21 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 18 |
| Otaru, JP | 18 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 17 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 17 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 17 |
| Sendai, JP | 16 |
| Taipei, TW | 16 |
| Montréal, CA | 15 |
| JP | 15 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 14 |
| Caldwell, US | 14 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 13 |
| 河南豫北黄河故道湿地鸟类国家级自然保护区location not on record | 13 |
| Kochi, JP | 12 |
| Changsha, CN | 12 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 11 |
| Moscow, US | 11 |
| Dekalb, US | 10 |
| Beijing, CN | 9 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 9 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 9 |
| Brasília, BR | 8 |
| Bangkok, TH | 8 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 8 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 7 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 7 |
| Taipei, TW | 6 |
| Pullman, US | 6 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Davenport, US | 5 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Bozeman, US | 5 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Forest Survey and Design Institute, Forestry Administrative Bureau of Daxinganlinglocation not on record | 5 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 5 |
| Elocation not on record | 5 |
| Nagano City, JP | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 5 |
| Mississippi State, US | 4 |
| ROM020location not on record | 4 |
| Denver, US | 4 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 4 |
| Missoula, US | 4 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Fairfax, US | 4 |
| Ashland, US | 4 |
| Vancouver, CA | 4 |
| SIHUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Boise, US | 4 |
| Columbia, US | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 3 |
| Portland, US | 3 |
| Durham, US | 3 |
| GB | 3 |
| College Park, US | 3 |
| Staten Island, US | 3 |
| Toronto, CA | 3 |
| CASlocation not on record | 3 |
| Omachi Alpine Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| St. Paul, US | 3 |
| B.A. Bennett Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 3 |
| 黔东南州民族医药研究所标本室location not on record | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Sapporo, JP | 2 |
| Sugadaira Research Station, Mountain Science Center, University of Tsukubalocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 2 |
| WINlocation not on record | 2 |
| Norfolk, US | 2 |
| Jefferson City, US | 2 |
| Lincoln, US | 2 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 2 |
| Nanchong, CN | 2 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 2 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Durango, MX | 2 |
| Pocatello, US | 2 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 2 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 2 |
| Truckee, US | 2 |
| Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| 东北师范大学自然博物馆location not on record | 1 |
| DNSMlocation not on record | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| Castelar, AR | 1 |
| UFABClocation not on record | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Calabar, NG | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Brookings, US | 1 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bend, US | 1 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Dover, US | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Puebla, MX | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 1 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Kunming, CN | 1 |
| UMKClocation not on record | 1 |
| Hebei Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| LDlocation not on record | 1 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Guasave, MX | 1 |
| Elikins, US | 1 |
| VALElocation not on record | 1 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Churchill Northern Studies Centrelocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institute of the biological problems of the North FEB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Mentha canadensis 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.