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Valerianaceae - Valerian family
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M. (1989) Flora of the British Isles. 3rd edition. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
Description of the family
Annual or perennial herbs. Stipules 0. Leaves opposite or basal, entire or pinnately divided. Inflorescence a many-flowered compound cyme. Flowers bisexual or unisexual, usually 5-merous, actinomorphic or zygomorphic. Calyx minute, but may develop in fruit to form a pappus. Corolla tubular or funnel-shaped, usually 5-lobed, sometimes spurred on one side. Ovary inferior. Ovary 3-locular, only 1 fertile. Fruit an achene. Worldwide: 10 genera and 300 species, ± cosmopolitan, but especially in north temperate zones and the Andes. Britain: 4 genera and 17 taxa. |
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Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Centranthus Neck. ex Lam. & DC. | Description, Image |
| Fedia Gaertn. | |
| Valeriana L. | |
| Valerianella Mill. |
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for ValerianaceaeGoogle: Web - Images - Scholar
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