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June 2025

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genus

Valeriana L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 31 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000039956.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 31. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Valeriana

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Aligera	Suksd.	Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 15: 145 (1897)		wfo-4000001201
Aretiastrum	(DC.) Spach	Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 304 (1841)		wfo-4000002968
Astrephia	Dufr.	Hist. Nat. Valér. : 50 (1811)		wfo-4000003466
Belonanthus	Graebn.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 447 (1906)		wfo-4000004380
Betckea	DC.	Prodr. 4: 642. 1830.		wfo-4000004541
Centranthus	DC.	Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], ed. 3. 4: 238 (1805)		wfo-4000007192
Hybidium	Fourr.	Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 399 (1868)		wfo-4000018493
Kentranthus	Raf.	Autik. Bot. 88. 1840.	—	wfo-4000019925
Masema	Dulac	Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 476. 1867.		wfo-4000023268
Mitrophora	Neck. ex Raf.	Chloris Aetn. 5. 1813.		wfo-4000024447
Ocymastrum	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 302. 1891. (5 Nov 1891)		wfo-4000026557
Oligacoce	Willd. ex DC.	Prodr. 4: 632 (1830)		wfo-4000026719
Phuodendron	(Graebn.) Dalla Torre & Harms	Gen. Siphon. 512. 1905.		wfo-4000029360
Phyllactis	Pers.	Syn. Pl. 1: 39 (1805)		wfo-4000029375
Plectritis	DC.	Prodr. 4: 651 (1830)		wfo-4000030208
Porteria	Hook.	Icon. Pl. 864. 1851.		wfo-4000030987
Pseudobetckea	(Höck) Lincz.	Fl. URSS 23: 740 (1958)		wfo-4000031408
Siphonella	Small	Fl. S.E. U.S. : 1129 (1903)		wfo-4000035510
Stangea	Graebn.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 448 (1906)		wfo-4000036275
Fuisa	Raf.	Autik. Bot. 88. 1840; Pennell in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 1921, 48: 94.		wfo-4000044995
Hemesotria	Raf.	Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. vi. (1820) 88.		wfo-4000044997
Phu	Ludw.	Inst. Reg. Veg., ed. 2 141 (1757); vide Dandy, Ind. Gen. Vasc. Pl. 1753-74(Regn. Veg. li.) 72 (1967).		wfo-4000044999
Saliunca	Raf.	Autik. Bot. 87. 1840; Pennell in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 1921, 48: 93.		wfo-4000045000

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Valeriana:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Valeriana abakanica	Sumnev.	Trav. Inst. Sc. Biol., Tomsk ii. 55 (1936).		wfo-0000425352
Valeriana aegialitis	Phil.	Anales Univ. Chile 85: 741. 1894		wfo-0000425346
Valeriana affinis	M.Martens & Galeotti	in Bull. Acad. Brux. xi. I. 123. 1844		wfo-0000425344
Valeriana alanyensis	Yüceol, Çeçen & Göktürk	Phytotaxa 653(1): 81 2024		wfo-1000065804
Valeriana aligera	Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.26875. 2018		wfo-1000008077
Valeriana alternifolia var. stolonifera	A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov	Zap. Kharbin. Obshch. Estestvoisp. Etnogr. 12: 35. 1954		wfo-0001399135
Valeriana altissima	Mikan ex Besser	Enum. Pl. [Besser] 4. 1822		wfo-0000425358
Valeriana amoena	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 56. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]		wfo-0000425326
Valeriana angustiloba	DC.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 4: 641. 1830 [late Sep 1830]		wfo-0000425328
Valeriana aphanoptera	(A.Gray) Byng & Christenh.	Global Fl. 0.26875. 2018		wfo-1000008078
Valeriana armena subsp. armena	–	–	—	wfo-1200108049
Valeriana arnottiana	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 741.		wfo-0000425336
Valeriana assamensis	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 36. 1918		wfo-0000425329
Valeriana atlantica	(I.Richardson) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.26875. 2018		wfo-1000008079
Valeriana belonantha	Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.26875. 2018		wfo-1000008080
Valeriana berteroniana	Steud. & Hochst. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 741.		wfo-0000425402
Valeriana braunii-blanquetii var. dentata	Lakušić	Glasn. Republ. Zavoda Zast. Prir. Prirodnj. Muz. Titogradu 8: 106, without type. 1975		wfo-0001401420
Valeriana braunii-blanquetii var. pulevicii	Lakušić	Glasn. Republ. Zavoda Zast. Prir. Prirodnj. Muz. Titogradu 8: 106, without type. 1975		wfo-0001401421
Valeriana brunoniana	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 405. 1829		wfo-0000425369
Valeriana cadevallii	(Sennen) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.26875. 2018		wfo-1000008081
Valeriana caespitosa	Rupr.	Sert. Tiansch. 51. 1869		wfo-0000425384
Valeriana calabrica	Huter	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 55: 400. 1905		wfo-0000425382
Valeriana calcarea	Albov	Bull. Herb. Boissier ii. (1894) 452, iii. (1895) 519.		wfo-0000425381
Valeriana calthifolia	Sieber ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 868, nomen (Quid ?). 1821		wfo-0000425379
Valeriana campestris	Dusén	Arq. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro 13: 25. 1903		wfo-0000425378
Valeriana caparaoensis	Rabuske, Sobral & Iganci	Syst. Bot. 45(1): 219. 2020		wfo-1000025137
Valeriana cassiensis	Kreyer	Bull. Applied Bot., Leningrad 1929-30, xxiii. No. 1, 71 (1930).		wfo-0000426792
Valeriana catacata	Azara	Voy. Amer. Mer. Depuis 2: 490 (-491). 1809		wfo-0000426789
Valeriana caudata	Phil.	Anales Univ. Chile 85: 745. 1894		wfo-0000426788
Valeriana celtica subsp. celtica	–	–	—	wfo-1200108467
Valeriana ceratophylla	(Hook.) Piper	Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 532 (1906)		wfo-1000081041
Valeriana ceratophylla	MacMill.	Metasp. Minnesota Valley 492 (1892)		wfo-1000081040
Valeriana cespitosa	Req. ex Guerin	in Desv. Journ. Bot. iii. [No. 5] 235 [1816].		wfo-0000426784
Valeriana chinensis	L.	Sp. Pl. : 33 (1753)		wfo-0001238070
Valeriana chionophila	Sandwith	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1928(3): 110. [18 Apr 1928]		wfo-0000426802
Valeriana chodatiana	Albov	Bull. Herb. Boissier ii. (1894) 452.		wfo-0000426801
Valeriana ciliata	Clairv.	Man. Herbor. Suisse 38 (1811)		wfo-1000081039
Valeriana coccinea	Reider	Ann. Blumisterei Gartenbesitz. 8: 61 1832		wfo-1000075869
Valeriana comberi	Sandwith	Hooker's Icon. Pl. 34: tab. 3349. 1937		wfo-0000426793
Valeriana confusa	Sumnev.	Lekarstv. Valeriana officinalis Aziatsk. chasti SSSR 30 (-31). 1941		wfo-0001356258
Valeriana coronata	(L.) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.26875. 2018		wfo-1200002940
Valeriana crandallii	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 36. 1918		wfo-0000426765
Valeriana crassiscaposa	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 125. 1898 [28 Sep 1898]		wfo-0000426764
Valeriana crinii subsp. crinii	–	–	—	wfo-1200107688
Valeriana cusickii	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 36. 1918		wfo-0000426780
Valeriana cyclophylla	Graebn. ex Loes.	Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 53: 85. 1911 [30 Dec 1911]		wfo-0000426777
Valeriana cymbaecarpa	(C.A.Mey.) Sennikov	Checkl. Vasc. Pl. Tian-Shan 436 2021		wfo-1000056920
Valeriana dactylophylla	(Boiss. & Hohen.) Sennikov	Checkl. Vasc. Pl. Tian-Shan 436 2021		wfo-1000056921
Valeriana dageletiana f. integra	(Nakai ex Maekawa) S.H.Park	J. Korean Pl. Taxon. 3(1–2): 26 (1971):.		wfo-0001326607
Valeriana decussata var. normalis	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 125. 1898 [28 Sep 1898]		wfo-0001397484
Valeriana dioica subsp. dioica	–	–	—	wfo-1200108657
Valeriana dissecta	Sessé & Moc.	Fl. Mexic. 12 (La Naturaleza, Ser. 2, 2: App. 2); ed. 2, 12. 1893		wfo-0000426823
Valeriana divaricata	Hinter	Verh. K.K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 8: 333. 1858		wfo-0000426829
Valeriana diversifolia	Miq.	Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 115. 1867		wfo-0000426839
Valeriana effusa var. genuina	Briq.	Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 20: 433. 1919		wfo-0001397485
Valeriana eriophyfla	Utkin	Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 4: 124 1923	—	wfo-0000426849
Valeriana estonica	Nenjukov	Sitzungsber. Nat.-Ges. Univ. Tartu xxxix. 220 (1933).		wfo-0000426843
Valeriana excelsa subsp. excelsa	–	–	—	wfo-1200108380
Valeriana excelsa subsp. transiens	(Elly Walther) Holub	Preslia 68(3): 286. 1997 [1996 publ. 1997]		wfo-0001369238
Valeriana exocapa	Griseb.	–	—	wfo-0001143834
Valeriana exscapa	Griseb.	Berberid. Amer. Austral. 57, nomen. 1857		wfo-0000426811
Valeriana fenno-scandica	Kreyer	Bull. Applied Bot., Leningrad 1929-30, xxiii. No. 1, 198 (1930).		wfo-0000426805
Valeriana ficariifolia var. glabra	B.A.Sharipova	Fl. Tadzhikskoĭ SSR 9: 525, 114 (1988), without type.		wfo-0001401969
Valeriana ficariifolia var. obovata	B.A.Sharipova	Fl. Tadzhikskoĭ SSR 9: 525, 114 (1988), without type.		wfo-0001401968
Valeriana ficariifolia var. paripinnata	B.A.Sharipova	Fl. Tadzhikskoĭ SSR 9: 525, 114 (1988), without type.		wfo-0001401970
Valeriana fruticosa	Ruiz & Pav.	–	—	wfo-0001143840
Valeriana gaimanensis	N.Nagah.	Syst. Bot. 41(1): 248. 2016 [11 Feb 2016] [epublished]		wfo-0001356634
Valeriana galeottina	M.Martens	Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(1): 124 1844	—	wfo-0001144101
Valeriana ghiesbreghtii	Briq.	Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 345. 1914		wfo-0000418055
Valeriana glacialis	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 36. 1918		wfo-0000426815
Valeriana globuliflora	Ruiz & Pav.	–	—	wfo-0001143843
Valeriana glomerulosaii	Briq.	–	—	wfo-0001143844
Valeriana gotvanskyi	Vorosch. & Schlothg.	Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 89(4): 119 (1984).		wfo-0000426686
Valeriana gotvanskyi var. subintegerrima	Vorosch. & Schlothg.	Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. 89(4): 120 (1984).		wfo-0001401620
Valeriana hardwickei	Wall.	–	—	wfo-1000064160
Valeriana hardwickiana	Schult.	Mant. 1: 259. 1822		wfo-0000426680
Valeriana hidalgoana	Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.269444444. 2018		wfo-1000008082
Valeriana hyalinarhiza	Kunth	Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] iii. 331.		wfo-0000426741
Valeriana interjecta	Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.269444444. 2018		wfo-1000008076
Valeriana intermedia	Sternb. & Hoppe	in Denkschr. Bot. Ges. Regensb. i. II. 88, 89. 1818		wfo-0000426736
Valeriana iryatonica	E.A.Busch	Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 285 (1937).		wfo-0000426735
Valeriana isophylla	Arv.-Touv.	Essai Pl. Dauphiné 34 (Quid ?). 1872 [Jan 1872]		wfo-0000426733
Valeriana itatiaiae	Graebn.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26(3-4): 435. 1899 [31 Jan 1899]		wfo-0000426731
Valeriana jaeschkei var. kaschmiriensis	(Kreyer ex Grubov) Y.J.Nasir	Fl. W. Pakistan 101: 12. 1976		wfo-0001387971
Valeriana jatamansii	Wall.	Numer. List 431 1829	—	wfo-0000426759
Valeriana jelenewskii	Smirnov	–	—	wfo-0001143777
Valeriana jenisensis	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 37. 1918		wfo-0000426756
Valeriana jepsonii	(Suksd.) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.269444444. 2018		wfo-1000008083
Valeriana kansuensis	Sumnev.	Lekarstv. Valeriana officinalis Aziatsk. chasti SSSR 109. 1941		wfo-0001356261
Valeriana kaschmiriensis	Kreyer ex Grubov	Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 19: 343 (1959)		wfo-0000426743
Valeriana kirilovii	Sumnev.	Lekarstv. Valeriana officinalis Aziatsk. chasti SSSR 109 (-110). 1941		wfo-0001356262
Valeriana klementzii	Sumnev.	Lekarstv. Valeriana officinalis Aziatsk. chasti SSSR 110. 1941		wfo-0001356263
Valeriana klukhorica	Kem.-Nath.	Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 15: 80. 1949 ; Not. Syst. (Tbilisi)		wfo-0000426750
Valeriana korshinskiana	Sumnev.	Lekarstv. Valeriana officinalis Aziatsk. chasti SSSR 58 (-59). 1941		wfo-0001356260
Valeriana kurtzii	Graebn.	–	—	wfo-0001143858
Valeriana laciniata	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 56. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]		wfo-0001144055
Valeriana laeta	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 56. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]		wfo-0000426728
Valeriana lecoqii	(Jord.) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 4: 148 (2018)		wfo-1000008084
Valeriana leptonema	Graebn. ex Schmale	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 41: 293. 1937		wfo-0000426706
Valeriana lindleyana	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 404. 1829		wfo-0000426726