Mentha diemenica

Slender mint
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Mentha
Species:	M. diemenica
Binomial name
Mentha diemenica Sprengel

Mentha diemenica is known by the common name of slender mint. The species is named after Van Diemen's Land, which is now Tasmania.^[1] It is a mint species within the genus Mentha.

References

1. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (1947-). CRC World dictionary of plant names: Common names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Sonyonyms, and Etymology. III M-Q. CRC Press. pp. 1659. 

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