8532.000 Valeriana L. - Valerians

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs, often with a distinctive smell of valerian. Inflorescence a thyrse. Flowers bisexual or unisexual. Calyx developing in fruit into a pappus of 5-15 plumose awns. Corolla slightly saccate at base, with 5 lobes. Stamens 3. Fruit a flattened achene with 6 filiform ribs.

Worldwide: c. 200 species, in northern temperate regions, western S America with 3 species in tropical Africa

Malawi: 1 taxon.

Valeriana capensis var. capensis

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
capensis Thunb. var. capensis N,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Valeriana:

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Flora of Mozambique: Valeriana
Flora of Zambia: Valeriana
Flora of Zimbabwe: Valeriana

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Valeriana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Valeriana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Valeriana
Wikipedia: Valeriana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Valeriana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Valeriana

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Valeriana.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1429, retrieved 25 March 2023

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