{"id":3593,"date":"2019-12-10T13:27:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T09:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.eseed.rifr-ac.ir\/?p=3593"},"modified":"2024-01-06T15:23:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T11:53:22","slug":"nepeta-cataria-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eseed.rifr-ac.ir\/en\/?p=3593","title":{"rendered":"Nepeta cataria L."},"content":{"rendered":"

Nepeta cataria <\/em><\/strong>L.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parvin Salehi Shanjani, Mohsen Nasiri, Masoumeh Remezani Yeganeh and Seyed Esmael Seyedian<\/p>\n

Natural Resources Gene Bank, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.<\/p>\n

Uploaded at August 2021<\/p>\n

Scientific editors: Valiullah Mozaffarian and Masoumeh Izadpanah<\/p>\n

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Storage<\/strong><\/p>\n

The storage behavior of this species is orthodox (desiccation-tolerant seeds); dry to 15-20% eRH and store at -20\u00b0C.<\/p>\n

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Germination requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n

The seeds of this species are dormant. Sterilize seeds before placing them on wet germination paper. Then germinate under an alternating temperature regime of 15\/20\u00baC (the higher temperature for 16 hours of light and the lower one for 8 hours of dark).<\/p>\n

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Morphology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fruit:<\/strong> Nut<\/p>\n

Seed:<\/strong> Nutlets ovate to elliptic, dorsal side convex, ventral side slightly convex with distinct rib, areole (whitish hilum at the base) straight, bi-lobed. Surface obsoletely reticulate, dull, dark-brown.<\/p>\n

Seed size<\/strong>: Length: 1.3-1.8 mm, width: 1-1.2 mm in an accession from Taft, Yazd with 1000 seed weight 0.9 g, which was collected in 2006 by Arabzadeh, and the cultivated sample was identified by Ziba Jamehzad with accession number 21094<\/p>\n

1000 seed weight:<\/strong> 0.9 g.<\/p>\n

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Biological features<\/strong><\/p>\n

Life form<\/strong>: Perennial, stems erect, unbranched, or branched at the upper parts.<\/p>\n

Inflorescence and flower type and pollination mechanisms: <\/strong>Inflorescence verticillaster. Flowers hermaphrodite, zygomorphic, corolla white purple-spotted, 12-15 mm long. Plant monoecious. cross-pollinate. Pollination is carried out by insects.<\/p>\n

Flowering period: <\/strong>Summer<\/p>\n

Time of seed ripening<\/strong>: August to October<\/p>\n

Seed dispersal methods: <\/strong>The seeds are displaced by weight.<\/p>\n

Geographical distribution:<\/strong> Europe, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq. Typus from Taft, Yazd.<\/p>\n

Distribution in Iran: <\/strong>In North, North West, West and center.<\/p>\n

Mazandaran, Gilan, Azarbaijan, Kurdistan, Lorestan, Yazd, Fars, Hormozgan, Semnan, Tehran.<\/p>\n

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Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family<\/strong>: Lamiaceae<\/p>\n

Subfamily<\/strong>: Nepetoideae<\/p>\n

Genus<\/strong>: Nepeta<\/em><\/p>\n

Species: <\/strong>cataria<\/em><\/p>\n

Common name: <\/strong>Catmint<\/p>\n

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References and Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boj\u0148ansk\u00fd, V. and Farga\u0161ov\u00e1, A. 2007. Atlas of seeds and fruits of central and East-European flora: the region of the Carpathian Mountains. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1046 pp.<\/p>\n

Ghahraman, A. Flore of Iran. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands with the university of Tehran publication. https:\/\/floraofiran.net\/index.php.<\/p>\n

Harrington, J.F. 1972. Seed storage and longevity. In: Seed Biology. Vol. III. T. Kozlowski (Ed.). Academic Press, New York, 145-245.<\/p>\n

Hassan, T. and Dar, G. H. 2012. Nutlet micromorphology in selected species of Nepeta<\/em> L. (Lamiaceae) in Kashmir Himalaya. Iranian Journal of Botany, 2: 262-269.<\/p>\n

Jamzad, Z. 1391. Flora of Iran, No. 76: Lamiaceae. Agricultural Research, Education and Promotion Organization, Research Institute for Forests and Rangelands of Iran, Tehran, 1066 p.<\/p>\n

Jamzad, Z., Ingrouille, M and Simmonds, M. 2003. Three new species of Nepeta<\/em> (Lamiaceae) from Iran. Taxon, 52: 93-98.<\/p>\n

Kaya, A. and Dirmenci, T. 2008. Nutlet surface micromorphology of the genus Nepeta<\/em> L. (Lamiaceae) in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany, 32. 103-112.<\/p>\n

Mozaffarian, V. 2012. A Pictorial Dictionary of Botany. Farhang Moaser publisher, 1088 pp.<\/p>\n

Mozaffarian, V.A. 1998. Dictionary of Iranian Plants Names. Moaser Publisher, Tehran Farhang, 671 pp.<\/p>\n

Naghibi, F. 2005. Labiatae family in folk medicine in Iran from ethnobotany to pharmacology. Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2: 63-79.<\/p>\n

Sharma, O.P. 2009. Plant taxonomy 2E. Tata McGraw-Hill Education, New Delhi, 563 pp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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