Valeriana
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| 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 |
| Species | |
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many, see text | |
Valeriana montana
Valeriana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Valerianaceae, members of which may by commonly known as valerians. It includes a number of species, of which the best known is the garden valerian Valeriana officinalis.[citation needed] 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, also called garden valerian. The root of Valeriana officinalis has been demonstrated to possess sedative and anxiolytic effects.[1]
- Valeriana pauciflora
- Valeriana scandens
- Valeriana scouleri
- Valeriana septentrionalis
- Valeriana sitchensis - Sitka valerian
- Valeriana sorbifolia
- Valeriana texana
- Valeriana tiliifolia
- Valeriana tripteris
- Valeriana uliginosa - mountain valerian or marsh valerian
- Valeriana wallichii
References
- ↑ Medscape: Safety Issues with Herbal Medicine: Common Herbal Medicines. Pharmacotherapy. 2000;20(3). Pharmacotherapy Publications
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