Nepeta azurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Lamiaceae
Subfamilia: Nepetoideae
Tribus: Mentheae
Subtribus: Nepetinae
Genus: Nepeta
Species:

Nepeta azurea R.Br. ex Benth., Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 479 (1834).

Homotypic
- Glechoma azurea (R.Br. ex Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 518 (1891).
Heterotypic
- Nepeta biloba Hochst. ex Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 12: 375 (1848).
  - Glechoma biloba (Hochst. ex Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 518 (1891).
- Nepeta ballotifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 196 (1850).
  - Glechoma ballotifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 518 (1891).
- Nepeta petitiana Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 5: 460 (1900).

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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Hedberg, K.O., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) 2006. Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea. 5. Gentianaceae to Cyclocheilaceae. liv + 690 pp.. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Uppsala. ISBN 91-971285-6-2 Reference page.
Thulin, M. (ed.) 2006. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 3. ii + 626 pp. Richmond, UK: Royal Botanical Gardens. ISBN 9781842460993 Reference page.
Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M.A.Y., Farag, I., Candinga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) 2015. The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan. An annotated checklist. x + 400 pp., Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-1-84246-473-1 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Nepeta azurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sep 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Nepeta azurea. Published online. Accessed: 19 Sep 2024. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Nepeta azurea. Accessed: 19 Sep 2024.