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

Nepeta cataria L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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Genus group names

NepetaL.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

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 (Gilib.) Vitman heterotypic synonym
Nepeta vulgaris Lam. heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Aragonese: cataria; gataria; gatera; manruegos; nébeda; yerba gatera sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Catalan: alfàbrega de gat; gatera; herba de gat; herba del gat; herba gatera; menta de gat; nepeta; nepta; nepta de muntanya; nepte sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Dutch: Wild kattenkruid sources: Dutch Species Register
 English: Catmint sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 English-United States: Catmint; Cat-mint sources: Charles Hussey
 Euskera: catubelarra; katu-belar; katubelarr; katu-belarra sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Galician: cunilago; gataria; gateira; herba do gato; herba gateira; Miontas cait sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Georgian: კატაპიტნა sources: Georgia PESI focal point
 High Aragonese: cataria; gataria; gatera; manrubios; manruego; merruegos; nébeda sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Irish: Miontas cait sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))
 Norwegian Bokmål: kattemynte
 Norwegian Nynorsk: kattemynte
 Portuguese: catária; erva gateira; erva-dos-gatos; erva-gateira; gataria; herva gataria; nebeda dos gatos; nebeda maior; nevada; néveda-dos-gatos; nêveda-dos-gatos sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Spanish, Castillian: albahaca de gatos; alhabaca; gataria; gatera alta; hierba de gatos; mea-gatos; menta de gato; menta de gatos; menta gatera; menta gatuna; nébeda; nébida; yerba de gatos; yerba del asmático; yerba gatera; yerba ñeta sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Swedish: kattmynta
 Valencian: gatera; nepta sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).
 Welsh: mintys y gath

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Nyman], Sp. Pl. 1753.

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World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Nepeta cataria L.. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=4E79EE30-8313-4FEB-99D6-5A8C5BA05645

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