Valerianella Explained

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 species formerly placed in Valerianella, including those native to the Americas, have been moved to Valeriana.[1] Plants of Valerianella and Valeriana are sometimes known by the common name corn salad or cornsalad.

Species

23 species are accepted.

  1. Valerianella abyssinica
  2. Valerianella adylovii M.N.Abdull.
  3. Valerianella amblyotis Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Hohen.
  4. Valerianella antilibanotica Rech.f.
  5. Valerianella balansae V.A.Matthews
  6. Valerianella chlorodonta Coss. & Durieu
  7. Valerianella chlorostephana Boiss. & Balansa
  8. Valerianella corniculata C.A.Mey.
  9. Valerianella deserticola Hadac
  10. Valerianella falconida Shvedtsch.
  11. Valerianella glomerata Boiss. & Balansa
  12. Valerianella kulabensis Lipsky ex Lincz.
  13. Valerianella leptocarpa Pomel
  14. Valerianella multidentata Loscos & J.Pardo
  15. Valerianella orientalis (Schltdl.) Boiss. & Balansa
  16. Valerianella ovczinnikovii Sharipova
  17. Valerianella petrovichii Asch.
  18. Valerianella platycarpa Trautv.
  19. Valerianella pomelii Batt.
  20. Valerianella stephanodon Coss. & Durieu
  21. Valerianella triceras Bornm.
  22. Valerianella turcica
  23. Valerianella varzobica Sharipova
  24. Valerianella × zoltanii Borbás (unplaced)

Formerly placed here

  1. Valeriana aegaea (as Valerianella hirsutissima Link)
  2. Valeriana amarella (as Valerianella amarella (Lindh. ex Engelm.) Krok) – hairy corn salad
  3. Valeriana arkansana (as Valerianella palmeri Dyal) – Palmer's corn salad
  4. Valeriana carinata (as Valerianella carinata Loisel.) – European corn salad
  5. Valeriana chenopodiifolia (as Valerianella chenopodiifolia (Pursh) DC.) – goosefoot corn salad
  6. Valeriana coronata (as Valerianella coronata (L.) DC.)
  7. Valeriana cymbaecarpa (as Valerianella cymbaecarpa C.A.Mey.)
  8. Valeriana dactylophylla (as Valerianella dactylophylla Boiss. & Hohen.)
  9. Valeriana dentata (as Valerianella dentata (L.) Pollich and Valerianella godayana Fanlo) – narrowfruit corn salad
  10. Valeriana discoidea (as Valerianella discoidea (L.) Loisel.)
  11. Valeriana echinata (as Valerianella echinata (L.) DC.)
  12. Valeriana edwardsensis (as Valerianella texana Dyal) – Edwards Plateau corn salad
  13. Valeriana eriocarpa (as Valerianella eriocarpa Desv.) – Italian corn salad
  14. Valeriana extincta (as Valerianella affinis Balf.f.) – believed extinct
  15. Valeriana florifera (as Valerianella florifera Shinners) – Texas corn salad
  16. Valeriana ibika (as Valerianella puberula (Bertol.) DC.)
  17. Valeriana kotschyi (as Valerianella kotschyi Boiss.)
  18. Valeriana lanata (as Valerianella lasiocarpa (Steven) Betcke)
  19. Valeriana langei (as Valerianella divaricata Lange)
  20. Valeriana locusta (as Valerianella locusta (L.) Laterr.) – corn salad, lamb's lettuce, mâche, fetticus
  21. Valeriana matheziana (as Valerianella longiflora (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp. – longtube corn salad
  22. Valeriana martini (as Valerianella martini Loscos)
  23. Valeriana muricata (as Valerianella muricata (Steven ex M.Bieb.) W.H.Baxter)
  24. Valeriana nuttallii (as Valerianella nuttallii (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp.) – Nuttall's corn salad
  25. Valeriana obtusiloba (as Valerianella obtusiloba Boiss.)
  26. Valeriana orientalis (as Valerianella leiocarpa (K.Koch) Kuntze)
  27. Valeriana oxyrhyncha (as Valerianella oxyrhyncha Fisch. & C.A.Mey., V. anodon Lincz., and V. diodon Boiss.)
  28. Valeriana ozarkana (as Valerianella ozarkana Dyal) – Ozark corn salad
  29. Valeriana plagiostephana (as Valerianella plagiostephana Fisch. & C.A.Mey.)
  30. Valeriana pleurota (as Valerianella costata (Steven) Betcke)
  31. Valeriana pontica (as Valerianella pontica Lipsky)
  32. Valeriana pumila (as Valerianella pumila (L.) DC.)
  33. Valeriana regelii (as Valerianella turkestanica Regel & Schmalh.)
  34. Valeriana rimosa (as Valerianella rimosa Bastard)
  35. Valeriana sclerocarpa (as Valerianella sclerocarpa Fisch. & C.A.Mey.)
  36. Valeriana stenocarpa (as Valerianella stenocarpa (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Krok) – narrowcell corn salad
  37. Valeriana szovitsiana (as Valerianella szovitsiana Fisch. & C.A.Mey. and V. vvedenskyi Lincz.)
  38. Valeriana triplaris (as Valerianella triplaris Boiss. & Buhse)
  39. Valeriana tuberculata (as Valerianella tuberculata Boiss. and V. aksaensis M.N.Abdull.)
  40. Valeriana turgida (as Valerianella turgida (Steven) Betcke)
  41. Valeriana umbilicata (as Valerianella umbilicata (Sull.) Alph.Wood) – navel corn salad
  42. Valeriana uncinata (as Valerianella uncinata (M.Bieb.) Dufr.)
  43. Valeriana vesicaria (as Valerianella vesicaria (L.) Moench)
  44. Valeriana woodsiana (as Valerianella woodsiana and V. radiata (L.) Dufr.) – beaked corn salad

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Notes and References

  1. 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.

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