Mentha: An overview of its classification and relationships

Mint: The Genus Mentha

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-39

  Tucker, Arthur O ^a   Naczi, Robert F C ^a  

^a DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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