Lamiaceae

Nepeta L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 570 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia, Macaronesia to E. Tropical Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Azores, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sweden, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hassan, T., Dar, G.H.& Khuroo,A.A. (2011). Taxonomic status of the genus Nepeta L. (Lamiaceae) in Kashmir Himalaya, India. Iranian Journal of Botany 17: 181-188.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, (2000) Author: by O. Ryding [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 249 (1754)
  • Kubitzki, Fam. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 7: 250 (2004)
  • Sp. Pl.: 570 (1753)

Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

  • Afridia Duthie, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 11: 696 (1898).
  • Budantsev, Bot. Zhurn. 78,1: 91-105 (1993), rev.
  • Cataria Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 192 (1763).
  • Harley RM, Atkins S, Budantsev AL, Cantino PD, Conn BJ, Grayer R, Harley MM, de Kok RPJ, Krestovskaja T, Morales R, Paton AJ, Ryding O, and Upson T. 2004. Labiatae, in The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants (K. Kubitzki, ed. in chief) VI: 167-275. Sp
  • Kudrjaschevia Pojark (1953).
  • Nepeta L., Sp. Pl. 2: 570 (1753)
  • Oxynepeta Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 21(1): 58 (1878).
  • Pitardia Batt. ex Pit., Contr. Fl. Maroc: 31 (1918).
  • Saccilabium Rottb., Acta Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 294 (1778).
  • Saussuria Moench, Methodus: 388 (1794).
  • Schizonepeta (Benth.) Briq. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3a): 235 (1896).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2014 Delavay, M. [2952] China K000938461 No
Mar 28, 2013 Dixon, S. [8/99] Pakistan K000479737 No
Jan 1, 2012 Soulie, M.l'Abbe [3392] China K000735944 No
Jan 1, 2009 Dickore, B. [3356] China K000509894 No
Jan 1, 2009 Dickore, B. [3627] China K000509893 No
Jan 1, 2008 Dixon, S. [6/99] Pakistan K000479742 No
Jan 1, 2007 Rico, L.; Arevshatyan, I.; Rukhkyan, N. [1707] Armenia K000297238 No
Dec 1, 1988 Jacquemont, V.V. [1141] K000911205 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 1, 1980 Clarke, C.B. [29395 A] K000911173 Type Yes
Feb 4, 1937 Aitchison, J.E.T. [447] Afghanistan K000911161 Holotype Yes
von Raab-Straube, E.; Lazkov, G.A.; Sennikov, A.N.; Seregin, A.P.; Szukala, A. [7703] Kyrgyzstan K001611957 No
Fdez. Casas, J.; Muñoz Garmendia, F.; Susanna, A.; Telleria, M.T. [FC 7147] Morocco K001569880 Yes
Fdez. Casas, J.; Muñoz Garmendia, F.; Susanna, A.; Telleria, M.T. [FC 70-79] Morocco K001569881 Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [48] K000911203 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T., H. H. [s.n.] K000910720 Type Yes
Ibrahim [195] Morocco K000414971 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [431] K000910864 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2122] India K001115249 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, J.F. [s.n.] India K000911188 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2122] Nepal K001115251 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2122] Nepal K001115252 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H. [777] Greece K000910724 Type Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H. [777] Greece K000910723 Isolectotype Yes
Ibrahim [s.n.] Morocco K000193415 Type Yes
Ibrahim [s.n.] Morocco K000414975 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rawi, A.; Serhary, I. [24071] Iraq K001222565 Holotype No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2122] K001115248 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P.M.R. [1727] K000910887 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H. [s.n.] K000910725 Unknown Type Material Yes
Heldreich, T.H.H. [s.n.] K000910726 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ibrahim [s.n.] Morocco K000414970 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-02756.000 No
Royle, J.F. [s.n.] K000911202 Unknown Type Material Yes
Davis, P.H. [16268] Turkey K000911231 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ibrahim [s.n.] Morocco K000414969 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Armenia K000910853 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [308] K000910903 Unknown Type Material Yes
Coquebert de Montbret, A.F.E. [2255] K000910886 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2122] Nepal K001115250 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ibrahim [s.n.] Morocco K000414973 Unknown Type Material Yes
Falconer, V., V. [s.n.] K000911611 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotsch, Th. [460] Turkey K000938871 Type Yes
Haussknecht, H.C. [521] Turkey K000911241 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [908] K000910902 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [404] Iran K000910904 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ibrahim [s.n.] Morocco K000414974 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bornmuller, J,, F.N. [5125] Iran K000910850 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [460] Turkey K000910889 Type Yes
Kotschy, C.G.T. [460] Turkey K000910888 Type Yes
Royle, J.F. [s.n.] K000911189 Type Yes
Ash [1655] Ethiopia K:SPC-34290.000 No
Siebe, W. [187] Turkey K000910890 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ibrahim [s.n.] Morocco K000414972 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 2122] Nepal K001115247 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jacquemont, V., V. [s.n.] K000911610 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 7, 1970 Jeffrey, C. [1486] Mongolia Schizonepeta K000509478 Yes
Fox, J.L. [6] Marmoritis K000194606 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Lamiaceae Key Genus Fact Sheets

    • Nina Davies, Gemma Bramley and Don Kirkup, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0