Mentha perilloides Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 736. 1767, nom. illeg.

["Habitat in India."] Sp. Pl. 2: 597 (1753). RCN: 4214.

Replaced synonym: Ocimum frutescens L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Paton in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 74. 1993): [icon] " Ocymum Zeylanicum perenne, odoratissimum, latifolium " in Burman, Thes. Zeylan.: 174, t. 80, f. 1. 1737.

Current name: Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton ( Lamiaceae).

Note: An illegitimate replacement name in Mentha for Ocimum frutescens L. (1753) .