Nepeta cataria Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 570. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa." RCN: 4168.

Lectotype (Ubera & Valdés in Lagascalia 12: 17. 1983): Herb. Linn. No. 726.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Nepeta Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 164. 1929).

Current name: Nepeta cataria L. ( Lamiaceae).