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Nepeta L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 570 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000025901.

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Synonyms of Nepeta

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cataria Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 192 (1763) wfo-1000058110
Afridia Duthie J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 11: 696 (1898) wfo-4000000843
Marmoritis Benth. Bot. Misc. 3: 377 (1833) wfo-4000023189
Oxynepeta Bunge Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 , 21(1): 58 (1878) wfo-4000027575
Phyllophyton Kudô Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 2: 225 (1929) wfo-4000029456
Pitardia Batt. ex Pit. Contr. Fl. Maroc : 31 (1918) wfo-4000029898
Pseudolophanthus Levin Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 5: 294 (1941) wfo-4000031573
Saccilabium Rottb. Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 294 (1778) wfo-4000033734
Saussuria Moench Methodus : 388 (1794) wfo-4000034185
Schizonepeta (Benth.) Briq. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 235 (1896) wfo-4000034437
Vleckia Raf. Med. Repos. , ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808) wfo-4000040397

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Nepeta:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta abyssinica Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 11: 77 (1846) wfo-0000250719
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta alexeenkoi Woronow ex Grossh. Fl. Kavkaza [Grossheim] 3: 293, in syn. 1932 wfo-0001352856
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta amethystina subsp. amethystina – – — wfo-1200108148
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta amethystina subsp. anticaria (Ladero & Rivas Goday ex Ubera & Valdés-Berm.) Rivas Mart., Asensi, Molero Mesa & F.Valle Rivasgodaya 6: 48 1991 wfo-0001262294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta amethystina var. anticaria Ladero & Rivas Goday ex Ubera & Valdés-Berm. – — wfo-0001262293
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta apulei subsp. oulmesiana F.Gómiz García Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 55(2): 476. 1997 wfo-0001369261
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta apulei subsp. pallescens (Maire) F.Gómiz García Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 55(2): 476. 1997 wfo-0001369262
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta apuleii Ucria – wfo-0001443413
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta aucheri Boiss. in Tchihat. Asic Min. Bot. ii. 155, nomen. wfo-0001352857
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta austriaca Host Fl. Austriac. 2: 154 (1831) wfo-0000250774
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta balbisii Colla Herb. Pedem. 4: 442 (1835) wfo-0000250781
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta barbata Regel & Winkl. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada , prepr. 6: 361 (1879) wfo-0000250784
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta basilicoides Rottb. Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 294 (1778) wfo-0000250786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta bipunctata Rich. ex Epling Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 34: 104, in obs., pro syn. 1933 wfo-0001352858
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta caballeroi Sennen & Pau Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 1916, xv. 231, nomen. wfo-0001352859
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta calamintha Tausch Flora 24: 219 (1831) wfo-0000250826
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta campestris Andrz. Izv. Univ. Kiev 7: 126 (1862) wfo-0000250833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta candeliana Maire, Emb. & Maire Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc xi. Nos. 4-6, 106 (1931). wfo-1200107535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta capitata Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City) , ser. 2, 1(App.): 92 (1889) wfo-0000250843
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta cataria subsp. verticillata Micevski Prilozi Oddel. Biol. Med. Nauki, Makedonska Akad. Nauk. Umet. 9(1-2): 33. 1991 [1988 publ. 1991] wfo-0001367004
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta coerulea [Soland.] Hort. Kew. 2: 285 (1789) wfo-0001069595
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta dasyangula Lenné & K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 12 (1855) wfo-0000250898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta dirphya Heldr. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4(2): 652. 1879 [Apr-May 1879] wfo-0000250909
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta faasenii Bergmans ex Stearn Vaste Pl. Rotsheest., ed. 2 544. 1939 wfo-0001280278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta faassenii Bergmans ex Stearn J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 75: 405 (1950) wfo-1000048602
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta fauriei H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 245 (1911) wfo-0000250937
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta ferriei H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 245 (1911) wfo-0000250939
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta fissicalyx Rech.f. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 159 (1940) wfo-0000250942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta flexuosa MacMill. Metasp. Minnesota Valley (1892) 452 sphalm. wfo-0001352860
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta frutescens Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 103, nomen. 1822 [Jan-Jun 1822] wfo-0001352861
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta glutinosa var. adenophyta (Hedge) V.S.Kumar Fl. India 21: 466 (2024) wfo-1200112532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta haussnkechtii Bornm. – — wfo-0001262302
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta heinzii Idrees Pakistan J. Bot. 54(6): 2216. 2022 [epublished] wfo-1000047022
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta inamoena Rech.f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 71: 545 (1941) wfo-0000251021
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta inconspicua Bornm. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 22(2): 126 (1907) wfo-0000251026
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta iraqensis Dirmenci Turk. J. Bot. 47(2): 178 2023 wfo-1000057660
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta janthinostegia Freyn Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 135 (1896) wfo-0000251043
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta juncea Hedge & Lamond Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 28: 116 1968 — wfo-0001281113
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta kitamurae Murata Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 17: 74 (1958) wfo-0000251055
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta koejeana Rech.f. Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 53: 81 (1944) wfo-0000251059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta latifolia subsp. latifolia – – — wfo-1200108425
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta leptoclada Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 2: 480 (1873) wfo-0000251100
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta levigata Raf. Autik. Bot. : 119 (1840) wfo-0000251105
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta lycia Stapf Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50: 99 (1885) wfo-0000251122
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta macedonica Micevski Prilozi Oddel. Biol. Med. Nauki, Makedonska Akad. Nauk. Umet. 9(1-2): 30. 1991 [1988 publ. 1991] wfo-0001348558
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta makuensis Jamzad & Mozaff. Iran. J. Bot. 7(2): 250 (1998). wfo-0001041999
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta mallophora Webb & Heldr. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. (1881) — wfo-1000080315
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta mallophora subsp. mallophora – – — wfo-1200108289
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta maracandia Bunge Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 7: 434 1854 wfo-1000076758
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta margallaica A.Sultan, Jamzad & Amjad Khan Edinburgh J. Bot. 81-1991: 3 2024 wfo-1000066025
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta mexicana Sessé & Moc. Naturaleza (Mexico City) , ser. 2, 1(App.): 92 (1889) wfo-0000251150
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta mussinii Spreng. Gartenzeitung (Halle) 3(no. 17): 134 (1805) wfo-1000077692
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta neocalycina Idrees Pakistan J. Bot. 54(6): 2216. 2022 [epublished] wfo-1000047021
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta nepetella var. amourensis Batt. Bull. Soc. Dauphin. Échange Pl. II, 1: 181 1890 — wfo-0000834687
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta newesskyi Lipsky Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 23: 226 (1904) wfo-0000251199
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta nova M.Bieb. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 2: 191. 1841 wfo-0001352862
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta orlichiana Lenné & Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 12 (1855) wfo-0000251222
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta pallida C.Koch – — wfo-0001069900
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta pannonica subsp. albiflora Soó – — wfo-0001069901
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta parvifolia hort. ex Benth. Labiat. Gen. Spec. 383. 1834 [May 1834] wfo-0001352863
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta patavina Fisch. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 552. 1821 wfo-0001352864
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta patella All. ex Loudon Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 234, sphalm. 1830 wfo-0001352865
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta perretii Colla Herb. Pedem. 4: 441 (1835) wfo-0000251247
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta platystegia (Rech.f.) Jamzad & Serpoosh. ex Idrees Pakistan J. Bot. 54(6): 2215. 2022 [epublished] wfo-1200029794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta pseudomussinii Floto Kongl. Vet.-og Landbohojsk., Kjob wfo-0000251280
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta rosafuensis Gürke ex De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. sér. 4, 2(1): 133, nomen. 1913 [Sep 1913] wfo-0001352866
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta ruprechtii Boiss. Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4(2): 661. 1879 [Apr-May 1879] wfo-0001352867
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta schrenkii (Levin) Sennikov Checkl. Vasc. Pl. Tian-Shan 340 2021 wfo-1000056876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta scordiifolia Bornm. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 246 (1899) wfo-0000251333
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta scordiifolia Schrank Denkschr. Königl.-Baier. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 2: 53 (1822) wfo-0000251331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta scordioides Fisch. ex Schrank in Denkschr. Bot. Ges. Regensb. ii. (1822) 53. wfo-0001352868
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta sect. Glechomanthe Pojark. Fl. URSS 20: 517. 1954 [1 Mar 1954] wfo-1000044277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta sect. Schizocalyx Pojark. Fl. URSS 1.195833333 1954 wfo-1000045065
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta secundarei Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 80: 525 (1933) wfo-0000915544
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta sosnovskyhi Aker. – — wfo-0001069902
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta subnivalis (Lipsky) Sennikov Checkl. Vasc. Pl. Tian-Shan 340 2021 wfo-1000056875
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta subsect. Apodocephalae Pojark. Fl. URSS 1.19375 1954 wfo-1000045068
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta subsect. Callistegiae Pojark. Fl. URSS 1.192361111 1954 wfo-1000045066
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta subsect. Podocephalae Pojark. Fl. URSS 1.193055556 1954 wfo-1000045067
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta sulphurea C.Koch – — wfo-0001069903
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta sungpanensis var. sungpanensis – – — wfo-0001070152
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta supina Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 658 1885 — wfo-0001281112
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta syriaca Hasselq. Iter Palaest. : 479 (1757) wfo-0000251399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta tolypantha Stapf Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50: 98 (1885) wfo-0000251419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta troitzkii Sosn. – — wfo-0001069904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta tuberosa subsp. tuberosa – – — wfo-1200108401
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta urticifolia H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 245 (1911) wfo-0000251447
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta violifolia Boiss. & Noë Diagn. Pl. Orient. , ser. 2, 4: 27 (1859) wfo-0000251459
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta viscosa Rottb. Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 294 (1778) wfo-0000251466
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta vourinensis (Baden) Å.Strid & Kit Tan Mount. Fl. Greece 2: 112 1991 — wfo-0001262296
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta wetsteinii H.Braun – — wfo-0001272322
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta willdenowiana Hoffm. Hort. Mosq. : 25 (1808) wfo-0000251472
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Nepeta yezoensis (Franch. & Sav.) A.L.Budantzev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 78(1): 96. 1993 wfo-0001069905