Thanks, Sampath ji. GRIN <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316342> (Updated in 2012) gives *Mentha longifolia *(L.) Huds. subsp. *hymalaiensis* Briq., G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a):322. 1897 (Syn: (=) *Mentha longifolia* subsp. *royleana* <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?463717> (Benth.) Briq.; (=) *Mentha royleana* <http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?313213> Benth.) with distribution in *India* [n.w.]; *Nepal*; *Pakistan* [n.]
Accordingly we have been folllowing our species from North West Himalayas as *Mentha longifolia subsp. hymalaiensis* <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/a---l/l/lamiaceae/mentha/mentha-longifolia> as per efi thread <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/saJgweNnBJk>. (Pl. also see Flora of Pak <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242423251>) As per WCSP <http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=350721>, *Mentha longifolia* subsp.* hymalaiensis* (Briq.) Briq. is a syn. of *Mentha royleana *var.* royleana *with distribution from Pakistan to W. Himalaya WCSP treats *Mentha incana* Willd. as a syn. of *Mentha longifolia subsp. longifolia.* <http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do;jsessionid=2FE795765EF5584CA661570B6C560BBE?name_id=124951> with distribution in Himalayas (? but does it show any distribution in India). Flora of China <http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019816> does not show any distribution of *Mentha longifolia* (Linnaeus) Hudson in India. Pl. clarify. On 5 May 2015 at 10:49, V. Sampath Kumar <vskuma...@rediffmail.com> wrote: > Dear Dineshji, > I think the plant is M. incana as the infl is interrupted throughout. > Indeed I treat the incana and royleana as vars. of M. longifolia. I am > providing key here for clarification. > > 1a. Spikes slender, interrupted throughout; calyx 1 / 1.5 mm > > long, teeth less than half the length of the tube M. > *incana* > > b. Spikes relatively stouter, uninterrupted or interrupted > > only at base; calyx 1.5 – 2.5 mm long, teeth more than > > half the length to as long as the tube > *2* > > 2a. Leaves sessile or nearly so; spikes compact > > rarely interrupted at base M. > *longifolia* > > b. Leaves petiolate; spikes usually interrupted at base M. > *royleana* > > > Sampath Kumar > DR. V. 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