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8532.000 Valeriana - 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. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| capensis Thunb. var. capensis | N,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Valeriana:
Our websites:
Flora of Mozambique: ValerianaFlora of Zambia: Valeriana
Flora of Zimbabwe: Valeriana
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ValerianaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Valeriana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Valeriana
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Valeriana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Valeriana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Valeriana
JSTOR Plant Science: Valeriana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Valeriana
Plants of the World Online: Valeriana
Tropicos: Valeriana
Wikipedia: Valeriana
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