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Taxon:
Valeriana officinalis
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Valeriana
Family:
Caprifoliaceae
Subfamily:
Valerianoideae
Nomen number:
400139
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:31. 1753
Comment:
non
Valeriana officinalis
auct. (=
Valeriana fauriei
Briq.)
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
08/28/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Valeriana officinalis
L. subsp.
officinalis
(0 active accession[s])
Valeriana officinalis
L. subsp.
sambucifolia
(J. C. Mikan ex Pohl) Čelak.
(0 active accession[s])
Valeriana officinalis
L. subsp.
tenuifolia
(Vahl) Schübl. & G. Martens
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Connecticut Invasive Plants Council.
2009. Connecticut invasive plants list.
URL:
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/CT/invasives/WordInvasivesListCommonNameW-Authors4PDF.pdf
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 10:426-427.
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 236.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto.
1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Valeriana+officinalis&quantity=1
Fu, Y. C. et al.
1977-. Flora intramongolica.
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist.
1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Jarvis, C.
2007. Order out of chaos: Linnean plant names and their types
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds.
1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Laasimer, L. et al., eds.
1993-. Flora of the Baltic countries; compendium of vascular plants.
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
National Plant Board.
2008-. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries
URL:
http://nationalplantboard.org/docs/summaries/connecticut.pdf
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
common valerian –
Reference(s)
garden-heliotrope –
Reference(s)
valerian –
Reference(s)
English (Canada)
common valerian –
Reference(s)
French
valériane officinale –
Reference(s)
French (Canada)
valériane officinale –
Reference(s)
German
echter Arznei-Baldrian –
Reference(s)
Swedish
läkevänderot –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
xie cao –
Reference(s)
Transliterated Russian
valeriana lekarstvennaâ –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Armenia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Georgia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation
Dagestan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
Ciscaucasia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
n.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Hokkaidô
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Honshu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Kyushu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Shikoku
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Korea
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East
Russian Federation
Kurile Islands
s.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East
Russian Federation
Primorye
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East
Russian Federation
Sakhalin
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia
Eastern Siberia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Siberia
Russian Federation-Western Siberia
Western Siberia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Turkey
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Belarus
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Estonia
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Latvia
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Lithuania
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Moldova
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Russian Federation-European part
European part
incl. arctic region
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
incl. Krym
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Austria
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Belgium
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Czechoslovakia
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Germany
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Hungary
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Netherlands
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Poland
1
Native
Europe
Middle Europe
Switzerland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Denmark
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Finland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Iceland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Ireland
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Norway
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
Sweden
1
Native
Europe
Northern Europe
United Kingdom
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Albania
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Former Yugoslavia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Greece
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Italy
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Romania
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
France
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Portugal
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere
Native
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
,
Turkey
CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
[Ciscaucasia],
Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
,
Georgia
,
Russian Federation
[Dagestan]
SIBERIA:
Russian Federation-Western Siberia
[Western Siberia],
Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia
[Eastern Siberia]
RUSSIAN FAR EAST:
Russian Federation
[Kurile Islands (s.), Primorye, Sakhalin]
CHINA:
China
(n.)
EASTERN ASIA:
Korea
,
Japan
[Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku],
Taiwan
Europe
NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark
,
Finland
,
United Kingdom
,
Ireland
,
Iceland
,
Norway
,
Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czechoslovakia
,
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Switzerland
,
Germany
,
Hungary
,
Netherlands
,
Poland
EASTERN EUROPE:
Russian Federation-European part
[European part (incl. arctic region)],
Belarus
,
Estonia
,
Lithuania
,
Latvia
,
Moldova
,
Ukraine
(incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia
,
Albania
,
Bulgaria
,
Greece
,
Italy
,
Romania
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
,
France
,
Portugal
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Materials
essential oils
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 10:426-427.
Medicines
source of valepotriates
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
source of valepotriates
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicines
source of valepotriates
Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto.
1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Weed
fide NPB State Noxweed/CT
National Plant Board.
2008-. National Plant Board federal and state quarantine summaries
URL:
http://nationalplantboard.org/docs/summaries/connecticut.pdf
Name
References