Lamiaceae
Nepeta

Nepeta azurea R.Br. ex Benth.

First published in Labiat. Gen. Spec.: 479 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. & E. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial or subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hedberg, I., Kelbessa, E., Edwards, S., Demissew, S. & Persson, E. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 5: 1-690. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Paton, A.J., Bramley, G., Ryding, O., Polhill, R., Harvey, Y., Iwarsson, M., Willis, F., Phillipson, P., Balkwill, K., Lukhoba, C., Otiend, D & Harley (2009). Lamiaceae (Labiatae). Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-430.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Somalia 3: 1-626. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 195 (1850)
  • Blundell, Wild Fl. E. Afr.: 404, t. 851 (1987)
  • DC., Prodr. 12: 384 (1848)
  • Engl., Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr.: 368 (1892)
  • F.T.A. 5: 460 (1900)
  • Fl. Eth. 5: 549 (2006).
  • Fl. Somalia 3: 330, fig. 225 (2006)
  • Gen. Sp. Lab.: 479 (1834)
  • K.B. 1933: 97 (1933)
  • U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 285, t. 125 (1994)
  • W.F.K.: 111 (1948)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2012 Luke [10815], Kenya K000735485 No
Tweedie, E.M. [880], Kenya 2755.000 No
Ash [1012], Ethiopia 35482.000 No
Ash [1022], Ethiopia 35531.000 No
Schimper [835], Ethiopia K000193417 Unknown type material Yes
Quartin-Dillon et Petit [19], Ethiopia Nepeta petitiana K000193418 Unknown type material Yes
Schimper [720], Ethiopia Nepeta ballotifolia K000414968 Yes
Schimper, W. [s.n.], Ethiopia Nepeta ballotifolia K000193419 Unknown type material Yes
Ash [1655], Ethiopia Nepeta biloba 34290.000 No
Schimper [748], Ethiopia Nepeta biloba K000193421 Unknown type material Yes
Schimper [748], Ethiopia Nepeta biloba K000193422 Unknown type material Yes

Sources

  • 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

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0