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Nepeta
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Nepeta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. The genus name, from Latin (“catnip”), is reportedly in reference to Nepete, an ancient Etruscan city. There are 295 accepted species.
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Nepeta is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, belonging to the order Lamiales and class Magnoliopsida within the phylum Tracheophyta. The scientific name is Nepeta L., with Nepeta cataria serving as the taxonomic type. Common names for the genus include Catmint, Kattenkruid, Katzenminzen, and 荆芥属. Synonyms for the taxon include Schizonepeta, Hymenocrater, Lophanthus, and Marmoritis.
The genus is native to various regions, including Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baleares, the Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, and the Canary Islands. Records from iDigBio indicate presence in the Syrian Arab Republic, United States, Iran, China, and Afghanistan. The taxon has been documented in collections at institutions such as MEL, DBG, CM, IRVC, and CAS.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Nepeta
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
Common Name: gand-i-soy-i
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- Specimen records
- 817
- With media
- 676
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Collections
- MEL, DBG, CM, IRVC, CAS, NY
- Recorded in
- Syrian Arab Republic, United States, Iran, China, Afghanistan, India, Azerbaijan, Ethiopia
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- 荆芥属
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Nepeta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. The genus name, from Latin (“catnip”), is reportedly in reference to Nepete, an ancient Etruscan city. There are 295 accepted species.
The genus is native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, and has also naturalized in North America.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nepeta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.