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Entrez PubMed Nucleotide Protein Genome Structure PMC Taxonomy BioCollections
   
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Database name Direct links Subtree links Links from type
BioProject 13 13 -
BioSample 268 268 -
Gene 132 132 -
Identical Protein Groups 135 135 -
Nucleotide 82 82 -
PMC 1,673 1,673 -
Protein 398 398 -
SRA 259 259 -
Taxonomy 1 1 -

Melissa officinalis

Taxonomy ID: 39338 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:39338)
current name
Melissa officinalis  L., 1753
Genbank common name: common balm
NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:
common name(s) sweet balm

Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; asterids; lamiids; Lamiales; Lamiaceae; Nepetoideae; Mentheae; Salviinae; Melissa

Comments and References:

image:Melissa officinalis
Image by Amitchell125 from Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY-SA license.
* Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.
TROPICOS (Feb 17, 2012)
Name accessed on 17 February 2012 in: Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, 2008 - 4344 Shaw Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A. on line at: http://www.tropicos.org/
WCSP (Feb 18, 2012)
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://wcsp.science.kew.org . Retrieved 18 February 2012
Flora of China - Lamiaceae
Li X-W and Hedge IC. Lamiaceae Lindley. 1994. In Wu, Z. Y. & P. H. Raven, eds. Flora of China. Vol. 17 (Verbenaceae through Solanaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online at Flora of China: www.efloras.org

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

LinkOut Subject LinkOut Provider
Melissa officinalis taxonomy taxonomy/phylogenetic Arctos Specimen Database
Melissa officinalis taxonomy/phylogenetic CalPhotos
Melissa officinalis L. taxonomy/phylogenetic Encyclopedia of life
Show Biotic Interactions taxonomy/phylogenetic Global Biotic Interactions
Melissa officinalis L. taxonomy/phylogenetic Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Melissa officinalis taxonomy/phylogenetic PLANTS Database (USDA/NRCS)
Melissa officinalis (L.) herbarium/museum collections PlantaeDB, University of Bucharest
Melissa officinalis taxonomy/phylogenetic Plants of the World Online
Melissa officinalis taxonomy/phylogenetic The International Plant Names Index
Melissa officinalis L. taxonomy/phylogenetic USDA-ARS GRIN Taxonomy
search W3TROPICOS taxonomy/phylogenetic Vascular Tropicos
Wikipedia taxonomy/phylogenetic iPhylo
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Disclaimer: The NCBI taxonomy database is not an authoritative source for nomenclature or classification - please consult the relevant scientific literature for the most reliable information.

Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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