8532.000 Valeriana L. - Valerians

Lawalree, A. (1972) Valerianaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire - Rwanda - Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles

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

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
capensis Thunb. var. capensis	E	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Valeriana
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Valeriana
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