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Mentha piperita
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Mentha × piperita est hybrida interspecifica cuius nomen extrahitur e binomine Mentha piperita a Linnaeo anno 1753 statuto; ille enim a speciminibus in Anglia repertis hanc plantam rite descripsit.[1] Eruditi recentiores speciem naturalem esse negant; hybridam evenisse censent e generis Menthae speciebus, scilicet Mentha aquatica et Mentha spicata. Crebriter in hortis colitur ad usum medicinalem et condimentariam; rarius naturá crescit in eis locis ubi species parentes sibi adiacent.[2]