Valeriana

style="background:#Template:Taxobox colour;"\|Valeriana
	; Garden valerian, Valeriana officinalis
style="background:#Template:Taxobox colour;" \| Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
Division:	Magnoliophyta;
Class:	Magnoliopsida;
Order:	Dipsacales;
Family:	Valerianaceae;
Genus:	Valeriana;
Species
	(incomplete list); Valeriana acutiloba; Valeriana arburua; Valeriana arizonica; Valerian californica; Valeriana capitata; Valeriana celtica; Valeriana columbiana; Valeriana dioica; Valeriana edulis; Valeriana occidentalis; Valeriana officinalis; Valeriana pauciflora; Valeriana scandens; Valeriana scouleri; Valeriana septentrionalis; Valeriana sitchensis; Valeriana sorbifolia; Valeriana texana; Valeriana tiliifolia; Valeriana tripteris; Valeriana wallichii

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 popularly used as a soporific.

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