Overview
Taxonomy
The Tribe Valerianeae is a member of the Subfamily Cichorioideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Valerianeae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Dipsacanae
(Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Order: Dipsacales
Dumortier, 1829
- Family: Caprifoliaceae
(cap-ree-foh-lee-AY-see-ee)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily: Cichorioideae
- Tribe: Valerianeae
- Subfamily: Cichorioideae
- Family: Caprifoliaceae
(cap-ree-foh-lee-AY-see-ee)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Order: Dipsacales
Dumortier, 1829
- Superorder: Dipsacanae
(Dumortier, 1829) Takhtajan, 1997
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Tribe Valerianeae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (7): Centranthus · Fedia · Phyllactis · Plectritis · Pseudobetckea · Valeriana · Valerianella
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1,646 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Valerianeae.
Genera
Centranthus
Centranthus is a flowering plant genus comprising herbs and subshrubs native to Southern Europe. [more]
Fedia
Phyllactis
Plectritis
Plectritis is a genus of plants in the . There are only three to five species. They are known generally as seablushes, and they are native to western North America. These are unassuming annual plants with thin, erect stems with few leaves and bearing a terminal inflorescence of flowers. The flower head bears several tiny flowers in shades of pink or white. [more]
Pseudobetckea
Valeriana
Valeriana is a genus of flowering plants in the family Valerianaceae. It includes a number of species of which the best known is the garden valerian Valeriana officinalis. Some species are native to Europe, others to North America and South America (especially in the Andes). It is often used as a way to sleep better. [more]
Valerianella
Valerianella is a genus of plant in family Valerianaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): [more]
At least 276 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Valerianella.
More info about the Genus Valerianella may be found here.
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