''Valerianella'' is a genus of

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Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species in 33 to 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and easte ...

. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many species formerly placed in ''Valerianella'', including those native to the

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Valeriana ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of div ...

''.Christenhusz, M.J.M., M.F. Fay, and J.W. Byng, eds. 2018. ''The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world''. Special edition, ''GLOVAP nomenclature'' Part 1, vol. 4: 1-155. Plants of ''Valerianella'' and ''Valeriana'' are sometimes known by the common name corn salad or cornsalad.

Species

23 species are accepted. # ''

Valerianella abyssinica ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' # '' Valerianella adylovii'' M.N.Abdull. # '' Valerianella amblyotis'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Hohen. # '' Valerianella antilibanotica'' Rech.f. # '' Valerianella balansae'' V.A.Matthews # '' Valerianella chlorodonta'' Coss. & Durieu # '' Valerianella chlorostephana'' Boiss. & Balansa # '' Valerianella corniculata'' C.A.Mey. # '' Valerianella deserticola'' Hadac # ''

Valerianella falconida ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' Shvedtsch. # '' Valerianella glomerata'' Boiss. & Balansa # '' Valerianella kulabensis'' Lipsky ex Lincz. # '' Valerianella leptocarpa'' Pomel # ''

Valerianella multidentata ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' Loscos & J.Pardo # ''

Valerianella orientalis ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' (Schltdl.) Boiss. & Balansa # ''

Valerianella ovczinnikovii ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' Sharipova # ''

Valerianella petrovichii ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' Asch. # ''

Valerianella platycarpa ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' Trautv. # ''

Valerianella pomelii ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' Batt. # ''

Valerianella stephanodon ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' Coss. & Durieu # ''

Valerianella triceras ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' Bornm. # ''

Valerianella turcica ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

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Valerianella varzobica ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' Sharipova # ''

Valerianella × zoltanii ''Valerianella'' is a genus of flowering plant in family Caprifoliaceae. It includes 23 species native to the Mediterranean Basin of southern Europe and North Africa, western and central Asia, Madeira and the Azores, and Ethiopia and Kenya. Many ...

'' Borbás (

unplaced In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century. The ter ...

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Valeriana aegaea ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella hirsutissima'' Link) # ''

Valeriana amarella ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella amarella'' (Lindh. ex Engelm.) Krok) – hairy corn salad # ''

Valeriana arkansana ''Valeriana arkansana'' (synonym ''Valerianella palmeri'') is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name Palmer's cornsalad. It is found in Arkansas and Oklahoma in the United States. References Flora o ...

'' (as ''Valerianella palmeri'' Dyal) – Palmer's corn salad # ''

Valeriana carinata ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella carinata'' Loisel.) – European corn salad # ''

Valeriana chenopodiifolia ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella chenopodiifolia'' (Pursh) DC.) – goosefoot corn salad # ''

Valeriana coronata ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella coronata'' (L.) DC.) # ''

Valeriana cymbaecarpa ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella cymbaecarpa'' C.A.Mey.) # ''

Valeriana dactylophylla ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella dactylophylla'' Boiss. & Hohen.) # ''

Valeriana dentata ''Valeriana dentata'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species in 33 to 42 genera, with a nea ...

'' (as ''Valerianella dentata'' (L.) Pollich and ''Valerianella godayana'' Fanlo) – narrowfruit corn salad # ''

Valeriana discoidea ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella discoidea'' (L.) Loisel.) # ''

Valeriana echinata ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella echinata'' (L.) DC.) # ''

Valeriana edwardsensis ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella texana'' Dyal) – Edwards Plateau corn salad # ''

Valeriana eriocarpa ''Valeriana eriocarpa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species in 33 to 42 genera, with a nearly cosm ...

'' (as ''Valerianella eriocarpa'' Desv.) – Italian corn salad # ''

Valeriana extincta ''Valeriana extincta'' is an extinct species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It was an annual Endemism, endemic to Jebel Ma’alih, a mountain in northwestern Socotra, Yemen. Resources Valeriana, extincta Endemic flora of So ...

'' (as ''Valerianella affinis'' Balf.f.) – believed extinct # ''

Valeriana florifera ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella florifera'' Shinners) – Texas corn salad # ''

Valeriana ibika ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella puberula'' (Bertol.) DC.) # ''

Valeriana kotschyi ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella kotschyi'' Boiss.) # ''

Valeriana lanata ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella lasiocarpa'' (Steven) Betcke) # ''

Valeriana langei ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella divaricata'' Lange) # ''

Valeriana locusta ''Valeriana locusta'', commonly called mâche, cornsalad, or lamb's lettuce, a small, herbaceous, annual flowering plant in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and north Africa, where it is eaten as a l ...

'' (as ''Valerianella locusta'' (L.) Laterr.) – corn salad, lamb's lettuce, mâche, fetticus # ''

Valeriana matheziana ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella longiflora'' (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp. – longtube corn salad # ''

Valeriana martini ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella martini'' Loscos) # ''

Valeriana muricata ''Valeriana muricata'', synonym ''Valerianella muricata'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is an annual which ranges from Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean through western and central Asia, the Caucasus T ...

'' (as ''Valerianella muricata'' (Steven ex M.Bieb.) W.H.Baxter) # ''

Valeriana nuttallii ''Valeriana nuttallii'', or Nuttall's cornsalad, is a small dicot annual plant of the family Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species in 33 to 42 gen ...

'' (as ''Valerianella nuttallii'' (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp.) – Nuttall's corn salad # ''

Valeriana obtusiloba ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella obtusiloba'' Boiss.) # ''

Valeriana orientalis ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella leiocarpa'' (K.Koch) Kuntze) # ''

Valeriana oxyrhyncha ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella oxyrhyncha'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey., ''V. anodon'' Lincz., and ''V. diodon'' Boiss.) # ''

Valeriana ozarkana ''Valeriana ozarkana'' is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common names Benjamin Franklin bush or Ozark cornsalad. It is found in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma in the United States. References ozarkana ...

'' (as ''Valerianella ozarkana'' Dyal) – Ozark corn salad # ''

Valeriana plagiostephana ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella plagiostephana'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) # ''

Valeriana pleurota ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella costata'' (Steven) Betcke) # ''

Valeriana pontica ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella pontica'' Lipsky) # ''

Valeriana pumila ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella pumila'' (L.) DC.) # ''

Valeriana regelii ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella turkestanica'' Regel & Schmalh.) # ''

Valeriana rimosa ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella rimosa'' Bastard) # ''

Valeriana sclerocarpa ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella sclerocarpa'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) # ''

Valeriana stenocarpa ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as '' Valerianella stenocarpa'' (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Krok) – narrowcell corn salad # ''

Valeriana szovitsiana ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella szovitsiana'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey. and ''V. vvedenskyi'' Lincz.) # ''

Valeriana triplaris ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella triplaris'' Boiss. & Buhse) # ''

Valeriana tuberculata ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella tuberculata'' Boiss. and ''V. aksaensis'' M.N.Abdull.) # ''

Valeriana turgida ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella turgida'' (Steven) Betcke) # ''

Valeriana umbilicata ''Valeriana umbilicata'' (synonym ''Valerianella umbilicata''), known by the common name navel cornsalad. It is a dicot, annual plant in the flowering plant family Caprifoliaceae. It is native to the Eastern North America and some parts of Canada ...

'' (as ''Valerianella umbilicata'' (Sull.) Alph.Wood) – navel corn salad # ''

Valeriana uncinata ''Valeriana'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Caprifoliaceae, members of which may be commonly known as valerians. It contains many species, including the garden valerian, ''Valeriana officinalis''. ''Valeriana'' has centers of dive ...

'' (as ''Valerianella uncinata'' (M.Bieb.) Dufr.) # ''

Valeriana vesicaria ''Valeriana vesicaria'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the central Mediterranean and western Asia, extinct in Algeria, and introduced in Argentina. A somewhat ruderal species, it is a minor weed of cultiva ...

'' (as ''Valerianella vesicaria'' (L.) Moench) # ''

Valeriana woodsiana ''Valeriana woodsiana'' (synonym ''Valerianella radiata''), common name beaked cornsalad, is a plant native to the United States. It is an annual self pollinating flowering plant and besides being edible there are no known uses. ''Valerianella ra ...

'' (as ''Valerianella woodsiana'' and ''V. radiata'' (L.) Dufr.) – beaked corn salad

References

External links

USDA Plants Profile
{{Taxonbar, from=Q161504 Caprifoliaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Philip Miller