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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Valeriana

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Dipsacales > Family: Valerianaceae

One species native to southern Africa and two species cultivated.

Species native to southern Africa

Valeriana capensis

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Valeriana dioica

Native to Europe.

 

Valeriana officinalis (Valerian)

Native to Europe.