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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Valeriana

Hierarchical position of the Genus Valeriana

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Cornidae Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 76: 4. 1994.       SuperOrdo  Dipsacanae Takht. pub. Divers. Classif. Fl. Pl.: 396. 1 Mai 1997.       Ordo  Dipsacales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 29. 1829.       Familia  Valerianaceae Batsch pub. Tab. Affin. Regni Veg.: 227. 2 Mai 1802, nom. cons. common name: Valerians       Subfamilia  Valerianoideae Raf. pub. Ann. G�n. Sci. Phys. Bruxelles 6: 88. 1820.       Tribus  Valerianeae Dumort. pub. Fl. Belg.: 57. 1827.       Genus  Valeriana L. pub. (1753) common name: valerian

Named members of the Genus Valeriana

1	Species  acutiloba Rydb.
	2    Varietas  acutiloba common name: sharpleaf valerian 3    Varietas  glabra (Jepson) Cronq. syn. Valeriana californica 4    Varietas  ovata (Rydb.) A. Nels. syn. Valeriana arizonica 5    Varietas  pubicarpa (Rydb.) Cronq. common name: hairyfruit valerian
6	Species  arizonica Gray common name: Arizona valerian
7	Species  californica Heller common name: California valerian
8	Species  capitata Pallas ex Link
	9    Subspecies  acutiloba (Rydb.) F.G. Mey. syn. Valeriana acutiloba var. acutiloba 10    Subspecies  californica (Heller) F.G. Mey. syn. Valeriana californica 11    Subspecies  pubicarpa (Rydb.) F.G. Mey. syn. Valeriana acutiloba var. pubicarpa
12	Species  ciliata Torr. & Gray syn. Valeriana edulis var. ciliata
13	Species  columbiana Piper common name: Wenatchee valerian
14	Species  dioica L.
	15    Subspecies  sylvatica (S. Wats.) F.G. Mey. syn. Valeriana dioica var. sylvatica 16    Varietas  sylvatica S. Wats. common name: woods valerian
17	Species  edulis Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray
	18    Subspecies  ciliata (Torr. & Gray) F.G. Mey. syn. Valeriana edulis var. ciliata 19    Varietas  ciliata (Torr. & Gray) Cronq. common name: tobacco root 20    Varietas  edulis common name: tobacco root
21	Species  occidentalis Heller common name: western valerian
22	Species  officinalis L. common name: garden valerian, garden heliotrope
23	Species  ovata Rydb. syn. Valeriana arizonica
24	Species  pauciflora Michx. common name: largeflower valerian
25	Species  puberulenta Rydb. syn. Valeriana acutiloba var. pubicarpa
26	Species  pubicarpa Rydb. syn. Valeriana acutiloba var. pubicarpa
27	Species  scandens L. common name: Florida valerian
28	Species  scouleri Rydb. common name: Scouler's valerian
29	Species  septentrionalis Rydb. syn. Valeriana dioica var. sylvatica common name: northern heliotrope
30	Species  sitchensis Bong. common name: wild valerian
	31    Varietas  hookeri (Shuttlw.) G.N. Jones syn. Valeriana sitchensis 32    Subspecies  scouleri (Rydb.) F.G. Mey. syn. Valeriana scouleri 33    Varietas  scouleri (Rydb.) M.E. Jones syn. Valeriana scouleri 34    Subspecies  uliginosa (Torr. & Gray) F.G. Mey. syn. Valeriana uliginosa 35    Varietas  uliginosa (Torr. & Gray) Boivin syn. Valeriana uliginosa
36	Species  sorbifolia Kunth common name: pineland valerian
37	Species  sylvatica Soland. ex Richards., non F.W. Schmidt syn. Valeriana dioica var. sylvatica
38	Species  texana Steyermark common name: Guadalupe valerian
39	Species  uliginosa (Torr. & Gray) Rydb. common name: mountain valerian

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.