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. Plants of Valerianella and Valeriana are sometimes known by the common name corn salad or cornsalad.
Species
23 species are accepted.
- Valerianella abyssinica
- Valerianella adylovii <small>M.N.Abdull.</small>
- Valerianella amblyotis <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Hohen.</small>
- Valerianella antilibanotica <small>Rech.f.</small>
- Valerianella balansae <small>V.A.Matthews</small>
- Valerianella chlorodonta <small>Coss. & Durieu</small>
- Valerianella chlorostephana <small>Boiss. & Balansa</small>
- Valerianella corniculata <small>C.A.Mey.</small>
- Valerianella deserticola <small>Hadac</small>
- Valerianella falconida <small>Shvedtsch.</small>
- Valerianella glomerata <small>Boiss. & Balansa</small>
- Valerianella kulabensis <small>Lipsky ex Lincz.</small>
- Valerianella leptocarpa <small>Pomel</small>
- Valerianella multidentata <small>Loscos & J.Pardo</small>
- Valerianella orientalis <small>(Schltdl.) Boiss. & Balansa</small>
- Valerianella ovczinnikovii <small>Sharipova</small>
- Valerianella petrovichii <small>Asch.</small>
- Valerianella platycarpa <small>Trautv.</small>
- Valerianella pomelii <small>Batt.</small>
- Valerianella stenocarpa <small>(Engelm. ex Gray) Krok</small>
- Valerianella stephanodon <small>Coss. & Durieu</small>
- Valerianella triceras <small>Bornm.</small>
- Valerianella turcica
- Valerianella varzobica <small>Sharipova</small>
- Valerianella àzoltanii <small>Borbás</small> (unplaced)
Formerly placed here
- Valeriana aegaea (as Valerianella hirsutissima <small>Link</small>)
- Valeriana amarella (as Valerianella amarella <small>(Lindh. ex Engelm.) Krok</small>) â hairy corn salad
- Valeriana arkansana (as Valerianella palmeri <small>Dyal</small>) â Palmer's corn salad
- Valeriana carinata (as Valerianella carinata <small>Loisel.</small>) â European corn salad
- Valeriana chenopodiifolia (as Valerianella chenopodiifolia <small>(Pursh) DC.</small>) â goosefoot corn salad
- Valeriana coronata (as Valerianella coronata <small>(L.) DC.</small>)
- Valeriana cymbaecarpa (as Valerianella cymbaecarpa <small>C.A.Mey.</small>)
- Valeriana dactylophylla (as Valerianella dactylophylla <small>Boiss. & Hohen.</small>)
- Valeriana dentata (as Valerianella dentata <small>(L.) Pollich</small> and Valerianella godayana <small>Fanlo</small>) â narrowfruit corn salad
- Valeriana discoidea (as Valerianella discoidea <small>(L.) Loisel.</small>)
- Valeriana echinata (as Valerianella echinata <small>(L.) DC.</small>)
- Valeriana edwardsensis (as Valerianella texana <small>Dyal</small>) â Edwards Plateau corn salad
- Valeriana eriocarpa (as Valerianella eriocarpa <small>Desv.</small>) â Italian corn salad
- Valeriana extincta (as Valerianella affinis <small>Balf.f.</small>) â believed extinct
- Valeriana florifera (as Valerianella florifera <small>Shinners</small>) â Texas corn salad
- Valeriana ibika (as Valerianella puberula <small>(Bertol.) DC.</small>)
- Valeriana kotschyi (as Valerianella kotschyi <small>Boiss.</small>)
- Valeriana lanata (as Valerianella lasiocarpa <small>(Steven) Betcke</small>)
- Valeriana langei (as Valerianella divaricata <small>Lange</small>)
- Valeriana locusta (as Valerianella locusta <small>(L.) Laterr.</small>) â corn salad, lamb's lettuce, mâche, fetticus
- Valeriana matheziana (as Valerianella longiflora <small>(Torr. & A.Gray) Walp.</small> â longtube corn salad
- Valeriana martini (as Valerianella martini <small>Loscos</small>)
- Valeriana muricata (as Valerianella muricata <small>(Steven ex M.Bieb.) W.H.Baxter</small>)
- Valeriana nuttallii (as Valerianella nuttallii <small>(Torr. & A.Gray) Walp.</small>) â Nuttall's corn salad
- Valeriana obtusiloba (as Valerianella obtusiloba <small>Boiss.</small>)
- Valeriana orientalis (as Valerianella leiocarpa <small>(K.Koch) Kuntze</small>)
- Valeriana oxyrhyncha (as Valerianella oxyrhyncha <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small>, V. anodon <small>Lincz.</small>, and V. diodon <small>Boiss.</small>)
- Valeriana ozarkana (as Valerianella ozarkana <small>Dyal</small>) â Ozark corn salad
- Valeriana plagiostephana (as Valerianella plagiostephana <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small>)
- Valeriana pleurota (as Valerianella costata <small>(Steven) Betcke</small>)
- Valeriana pontica (as Valerianella pontica <small>Lipsky</small>)
- Valeriana pumila (as Valerianella pumila <small>(L.) DC.</small>)
- Valeriana regelii (as Valerianella turkestanica <small>Regel & Schmalh.</small>)
- Valeriana rimosa (as Valerianella rimosa <small>Bastard</small>)
- Valeriana sclerocarpa (as Valerianella sclerocarpa <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small>)
- Valeriana szovitsiana (as Valerianella szovitsiana <small>Fisch. & C.A.Mey.</small> and V. vvedenskyi <small>Lincz.</small>)
- Valeriana triplaris (as Valerianella triplaris <small>Boiss. & Buhse</small>)
- Valeriana tuberculata (as Valerianella tuberculata <small>Boiss.</small> and V. aksaensis <small>M.N.Abdull.</small>)
- Valeriana turgida (as Valerianella turgida <small>(Steven) Betcke</small>)
- Valeriana umbilicata (as Valerianella umbilicata <small>(Sull.) Alph.Wood</small>) â navel corn salad
- Valeriana uncinata (as Valerianella uncinata <small>(M.Bieb.) Dufr.</small>)
- Valeriana vesicaria (as Valerianella vesicaria <small>(L.) Moench</small>)
- Valeriana woodsiana (as Valerianella woodsiana and V. radiata <small>(L.) Dufr.</small>) â beaked corn salad
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