🌿 Aromatic Plants

MENTHA × PIPERITA Mentha × piperita

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🌿 WCVP and IPNI records 🌿 Plant material 🌿 Obtaining the oil 🌿 Analysis 🌿 Composition 🌿 ISO 856 🌿 References
Introduction
Mentha × piperita L.

Species

BinomialMentha × piperita
Accepted nameMentha × piperita L.
POWO statusaccepted
FamilyLamiaceae
GenusMentha
IPNI identifierurn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450969-1

Source: Govaerts R. (ed.), World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, accessed on 21/09/2026.

According to the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP, Kew), in the extract read on 21 September 2026, Mentha × piperita L. is a name of rank “Species” with the status “Accepted”, placed in the family Lamiaceae. The ISO catalogue lists a standard, ISO 856:2006, whose title names “Mentha x piperita L.”.

What do the WCVP and IPNI records give for the name?

The WCVP record of Mentha × piperita L. carries the identifier 125188. In the International Plant Names Index (IPNI), in the response read on 21 September 2026 to the search “Mentha piperita”, the name “Mentha piperita”, authors “L.”, rank “spec.”, family “Lamiaceae”, carries the identifier 450969-1 (“urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:450969-1”).

Where does the distilled plant material come from?

How is the oil obtained?

How was the oil analysed?

What is the composition of the oil?

Which ISO standards does the ISO catalogue list under the number ISO 856?

According to the ISO catalogue for ICS class 71.100.60, the standard ISO 856:2006 is titled “Oil of peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.)”, falls under ISO/TC 54 and is at stage “90.93”. In the same catalogue, the standard ISO 856:1981, titled “Oil of peppermint, France, Italy, United Kingdom and USA”, is marked “Withdrawn”, at stage “95.99”, and falls under ISO/TC 54.

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