What is Peppermint?
{{taxobox |name = Peppermint |image = Mentha piperita - Pfefferminze.jpg |image_caption = Peppermint (''Mentha'' x ''piperita'') |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Lamiales]] |familia = [[Lamiaceae]] |genus = ''[[Mentha]]'' |binomial = ''Mentha'' × ''piperita'' |binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] |}} The '''Peppermint''' is a [[hybrid]] [[plant]] of the [[Mentha|mint]] family. It is originally from [[Europe]], but grown and sold all over the world. It is a hybrid of [[watermint]] and [[spearmint]]. [[Carolus Linnaeus]] first described the plant in 1753, from samples that had been collected in England. He treated it as a [[species]],<ref name=cl>Linnaeus, C. (1753). ''Species Plantarum'' 2: 576–577.</ref> but [[wikt:modern|modern]] [[biology]] mostly treats it as a hybrid.<ref name=harley>Harley, R. M. (1975). ''Mentha'' L. In: Stace, C. A., ed. ''Hybridization and the flora of the British Isles'' page 387.</ref> The peppermint is found in some [[medication]]s, in particular [[Victor Skumin#Skumin’s mixture|Skumin’s mixture]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Lamiaceae]]