Valeriana
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- For other uses, see Valerian.
| Valeriana | |
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| Garden valerian, Valeriana officinalis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Valerianaceae |
| Genus: | Valeriana |
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Valeriana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Valerianaceae. It includes a number of species of which the best known is the garden valerian Valeriana officinalis. Some species are native to Europe, others to North America and South America (especially in the Andes).
Species include:
- Valeriana acutiloba
- Valeriana arburua
- Valeriana arizonica
- Valeriana buxifolia
- Valeriana californica
- Valeriana capitata
- Valeriana carnosa
- Valeriana celtica - Alpine valerian or valerian spikenard
- Valeriana columbiana
- Valeriana dioica - marsh valerian
- Valeriana edulis
- Valeriana occidentalis
- Valeriana officinalis - garden valerian
- Valeriana pauciflora
- Valeriana scandens
- Valeriana scouleri
- Valeriana septentrionalis
- Valeriana sitchensis - Sitka valerian
- Valeriana sorbifolia
- Valeriana texana
- Valeriana tiliifolia
- Valeriana tripteris
- Valeriana wallichii
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