Nepeta cataria L.
(Cat-mint)

Interactions where Nepeta cataria is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is foodplant of larva Meligethes incanus a pollen beetle Coleoptera: Nitidulidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Meligethes incanus/Meligethes incanusa pollen beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Nepeta cataria/Nepeta catariacat-mint larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland Neoerysiphe galeopsidis Labiate Powdery Mildew, Mint Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Neoerysiphe galeopsidis/Neoerysiphe galeopsidislabiate powdery mildew, mint mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Nepeta cataria/Nepeta catariacat-mintlive parasitises live

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.

Nepeta cataria (Cat-mint) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNepeta cataria (Cat-mint)
GenusNepeta (cat-mints)
FamilyLAMIACEAE (dead-nettles, mints and scented herbs)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Nepeta cataria (Cat-mint)

Nepeta cataria (Cat-mint) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Nepeta cataria (Cat-mint):

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