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Internal ID UUID643fe452a6f18133701717
Scientific name Nepeta italica
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 571 (1753)

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Nepeta italica is a flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family, originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to east central Italy and can also be found in the east Mediterranean and Iraq. As of March 2024, there are four accepted subspecies of Nepeta italica, including subsp. cadmea, subsp. italica, subsp. rigidula, and subsp. troodi.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Nepeta incana Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 3: 52 (1800)
Glechoma italica Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 518 (1891)

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Nepeta italica subsp. cadmea (Boiss.) A.L.Budantzev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 76: 1603 (1991 publ. 1992)
Nepeta italica subsp. italica Unknown
Nepeta italica subsp. rigidula A.L.Budantzev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 76: 1602 (1991 publ. 1992)
Nepeta italica subsp. troodi (Holmboe) A.L.Budantzev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 76: 1603 (1991 publ. 1992)

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Turkey

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000251036
Tropicos 50200167
Flora of Italy 4547
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:452491-1
The Plant List kew-134684
Open Tree Of Life 815544
Observations.org 129528
NCBI Taxonomy 1132403
IPNI 452491-1
iNaturalist 778595
GBIF 7309187
EPPO NEPIT
Wikipedia Nepeta_italica

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Screening for Chemical Characterization and Pharmacological Properties of Different Extracts from Nepeta italica Acquaviva A, Di Simone SC, Nilofar, Bouyahya A, Zengin G, Recinella L, Leone S, Brunetti L, Uba AI, Guler O, Balos M, Cakilcioğlu U, Menghini L, Ferrante C, Orlando G, Libero ML, Chiavaroli A Plants (Basel) 27-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10420686
doi:10.3390/plants12152785
PMID:37570939
Therapeutic Potential of Phenolic Compounds in Medicinal Plants—Natural Health Products for Human Health Sun W, Shahrajabian MH Molecules 15-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9960276
doi:10.3390/molecules28041845
PMID:36838831
Cytotoxic Effects of Some Nepeta Species against Breast Cancer Cell Lines and Their Associated Phytochemical Properties Köngül Şafak E, Şeker Karatoprak G, Dirmenci T, Duman H, Küçükboyacı N Plants (Basel) 27-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9182684
doi:10.3390/plants11111427
PMID:35684200
Catmint (Nepeta nuda L.) Phylogenetics and Metabolic Responses in Variable Growth Conditions Petrova D, Gašić U, Yocheva L, Hinkov A, Yordanova Z, Chaneva G, Mantovska D, Paunov M, Ivanova L, Rogova M, Shishkova K, Todorov D, Tosheva A, Kapchina-Toteva V, Vassileva V, Atanassov A, Mišić D, Bonchev G, Zhiponova M Front Plant Sci 16-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9150856
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.866777
PMID:35651766
Can Eucalyptol Replace Antibiotics? Mączka W, Duda-Madej A, Górny A, Grabarczyk M, Wińska K Molecules 14-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8398027
doi:10.3390/molecules26164933
PMID:34443521
Chemical Profiling and Biological Evaluation of Nepeta baytopii Extracts and Essential Oil: An Endemic Plant from Turkey Zengin G, Mahomoodally MF, Aktumsek A, Jekő J, Cziáky Z, Rodrigues MJ, Custodio L, Polat R, Cakilcioglu U, Ayna A, Gallo M, Montesano D, Picot-Allain C Plants (Basel) 09-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8228258
doi:10.3390/plants10061176
PMID:34207852
A Review of Cytotoxic Plants of the Indian Subcontinent and a Broad-Spectrum Analysis of Their Bioactive Compounds Mazumder K, Biswas B, Raja IM, Fukase K Molecules 20-Apr-2020
PMCID:PMC7221707
doi:10.3390/molecules25081904
PMID:32326113
Medicinal Plants from Near East for Cancer Therapy Abu-Darwish MS, Efferth T Front Pharmacol 31-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5797783
doi:10.3389/fphar.2018.00056
PMID:29445343
Contribution of anterior cingulate cortex and descending pain inhibitory system to analgesic effect of lemon odor in mice Ikeda H, Takasu S, Murase K Mol Pain 20-Feb-2014
PMCID:PMC3936890
doi:10.1186/1744-8069-10-14
PMID:24555533
Evaluation of the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of essential oil of Nepeta pogonosperma Jamzad et Assadi in rats Ali T, Javan M, Sonboli A, Semnanian S Daru 04-Oct-2012
PMCID:PMC3555854
doi:10.1186/2008-2231-20-48
PMID:23351375
Focusing on the ethnobotanical uses of plants in Mersin and Adana provinces (Turkey) Everest A, Ozturk E J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 06-Sep-2005
PMCID:PMC1277086
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-1-6
PMID:16270936

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