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The genus Melissa is in the family Lamiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Melissa

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Melissa axillaris (Benth.) Bakh.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa × bolnokensis Simonk.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa flava Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa inodora Hassk.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa × jahniana Simonk.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa officinalis L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Melissa rugosa Lour.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa stricta Kitt.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Melissa yunnanensis C.Y.Wu & Y.C.Huang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 30 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Melissa. Of these 4 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 11 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Melissa. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 30 species names for the genus Melissa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	4	13.3%
◕	Synonym	21	70.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	16.7%

All names

The status of the 41 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Melissa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	12.2%
◕	Synonym	31	75.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	5	12.2%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 30 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Melissa, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	4	19	0	0	23	76.7%
	Medium confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Low confidence	0	2	0	5	7	23.3%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Melissa is as follows: