Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Lamiales > Family Lamiaceae > Genus Nepeta

Nepeta cataria L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nepeta*	L.	accepted genus name
*Afridia*	Duthie	heterotypic synonym
*Cataria*	Adans.	heterotypic synonym
*Oxynepeta*	Bunge	heterotypic synonym
*Pitardia*	Batt. ex Pit.	heterotypic synonym
*Saccilabium*	Rottb.	heterotypic synonym
*Saussuria*	Moench	heterotypic synonym
*Schizonepeta*	(Benth.) Briq.	heterotypic synonym
*Nepeta agrestis*	Loisel.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta alaghezi*	Pojark.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta algeriensis*	de Noé	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta amethystina*	Desf. ex Poir.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta amoena*	Stapf	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta anamurensis*	Gemici & Leblebici	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta apuleii*	Ucria	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta argolica*	Bory & Chaub.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta atlantica*	Ball	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta baytopii*	Hedge & Lamond	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta beltranii*	Pau	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta betonicifolia*	C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta boissieri*	Willk.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta brevifolia*	C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta caesarea*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta camphorata*	Boiss. & Heldr.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta cantabrica*	Ubera & Valdés	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta cataria*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta cilicica*	Boiss. ex Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta concolor*	Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta conferta*	Hedge & Lamond	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta congesta*	Fisch. & C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta crinita*	Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta curviflora*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta cyanea*	Steven	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta cyrenaica*	Quézel & Zaffran	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta czegemensis*	Pojark.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta dirmencii*	Yıld. & Dinç	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta ernesti-mayeri*	Diklić & V. Nikolić	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta flavida*	Hub.-Mor.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta foliosa*	Moris	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta glomerata*	Montbret & Aucher ex Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta granatensis*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta grandiflora*	M. Bieb.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta heliotropifolia*	Lam.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta hispanica*	Boiss. & Reut.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta hystrix*	Greuter	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta isaurica*	Boiss. & Heldr. ex Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta italica*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta jakupicensis*	Micevski	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta komarovii*	E. A. Busch	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta lamiifolia*	Willd.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta latifolia*	DC.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta longituba*	Pojark.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta macrosiphon*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta mallophora*	Webb & Heldr. ex Nyman	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta melissifolia*	Lam.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta meyeri*	Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta multibracteata*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta nepetella*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta nepetoides*	(Pit.) Harley	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta nuda*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta obtusicrena*	Boiss. & Kotschy ex Hedge	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta orphanidea*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta pabotii*	Mouterde	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta parnassica*	Heldr. & Sart.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta phyllochlamys*	P. H. Davis	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta pilinux*	P. H. Davis	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta racemosa*	Lam.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta roopiana*	Bordz.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta rtanjensis*	Diklić & Milojević	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta sanabriensis*	Losa	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta scordotis*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta septemcrenata*	Ehrenb. ex Benth.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta sorgerae*	Hedge & Lamond	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta sosnovskyi*	Askerova	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta sphaciotica*	P. H. Davis	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta spruneri*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta stachyoides*	Batt.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta stenantha*	Kotschy & Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta stricta*	(Banks & Sol.) Hedge & Lamond	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta sulfuriflora*	P. H. Davis	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta supina*	Steven	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta teucriifolia*	Willd.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta teydea*	Webb & Berthel.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta trachonitica*	Post	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta trautvetteri*	Boiss. & Buhse	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta trichocalyx*	Greuter & Burdet	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta tuberosa*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta ucranica*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta velutina*	Pojark.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta viscida*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta vivianii*	(Coss.) Bég. & A. Vacc.	taxonomically included in
*Nepeta zangezura*	Grossh.	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Cataria vulgaris*	Gaterau	homotypic synonym
*Glechoma cataria*	(L.) Kuntze	homotypic synonym
*Calamintha albiflora*	Vaniot	heterotypic synonym
*Cataria tomentosa*	Gilib.	heterotypic synonym; nom. inval.
*Glechoma macrura*	(Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Kuntze	heterotypic synonym
*Nepeta americana*	Vitman	heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
*Nepeta bodinieri*	Vaniot	heterotypic synonym
*Nepeta cataria var. citriodora*	(Dumort.) Lej.	heterotypic synonym
*Nepeta citriodora*	Dumort.	heterotypic synonym
*Nepeta laurentii*	Sennen	heterotypic synonym
*Nepeta macrura*	Ledeb. ex Spreng.	heterotypic synonym
*Nepeta minor*	Mill.	heterotypic synonym
*Nepeta mollis*	Salisb.	heterotypic synonym
*Nepeta ruderalis*	Boiss.	heterotypic synonym; nom. illeg.
*Nepeta tomentosa*	(Gilib.) Vitman	heterotypic synonym
*Nepeta vulgaris*	Lam.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aragonese: cataria; gataria; gatera; hierba gatera; ierba gatera; manruegos; nébeda; yerba gatera sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Basque: catubelarra; katu-belar; katubelarr; katu-belarra sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: alfàbrega de gat; gatera; herba de gat; herba del gat; herba gatera; menta de gat; nepeta; nepta; nepta de muntanya; nepte sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Finnish: aitokissanminttu sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Galician: cunilago; gataria; gateira; herba do gato; herba gateira; herbama sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

High Aragonese: cataria; gataria; gatera; manrubios; manruego; merruegos; nébeda; yerba gatera sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Portuguese: catária; erva gateira; erva-dos-gatos; erva-gateira; gataria; herva gataria; nebeda dos gatos; nebeda maior; nevada; neveda; nêveda; néveda-dos-gatos; nêveda-dos-gatos sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: albahaca; albahaca de gatos; alhabaca; gataria; gatera; gatera alta; hierba de gatos; hierba de los gatos; hierba gatera; mea-gatos; menta de gato; menta de gatos; menta gatera; menta gatuna; nébeda; nébida; yerba de gatos; yerba de los gatos; yerba del asmático; yerba gatera; yerba ñeta sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: kattmynta sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS