Plant Details

Accepted name:: Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kuntze [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Clinopodium nepeta subsp. nepeta

Clinopodium nepeta subsp. spruneri (Boiss.) Bartolucci & F.Conti

Clinopodium nepeta subsp. subisodontum (Borbás) Govaerts

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
calament	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common calamint	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
echte bergminze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
katzen-bergthymian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kleinblütige bergminze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lesser calamint	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
menthe de montagne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mentuccia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mentuccia commune	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nepitella	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nipitella	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
siirt kekiği	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
stenkyndel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, flowers		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi Fl. Pis. 1: 197 (1798).
Calamintha officinalis var. nepeta (L.) Rchb. & Rchb.f. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 18: 76 (1858).
Calamintha officinalis subsp. nepeta (L.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 838 (1938), nom. illeg.
Calamintha parviflora Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 396 (1779), nom. superfl.
Faucibarba parviflora Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 403 (1867), nom. superfl.
Melissa nepeta L. Sp. Pl.: 593 (1753).
Melissa parviflora Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 86 (1796), nom. superfl.
Satureja calamintha var. nepeta (L.) Briq. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 34: 454 (1895).
Satureja calamintha subsp. nepeta (L.) Briq. Lab. Alp. Mar.: 438 (1895).
Satureja nepeta (L.) Scheele Flora 26: 577 (1842).
Satureja vulgaris subsp. nepeta (L.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 11: 335 (1909), nom. illeg.
Thymus nepeta (L.) Sm. Fl. Brit. 2: 642 (1800).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Calamintha nepeta	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Calamintha nepeta Savi	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Calamintha nepeta var. nepeta	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kuntze	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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