Caprifoliaceae
Valeriana

Valeriana italica Lam.

First published in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 92 (1791)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Europe to E. Medit. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Greece, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Authier, P. & Covillot, J. (2011). Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 41: 131-170.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Authier, P. & Covillot, J. (2011). Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 41: 131-170.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1972). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 4: 1-657. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1976). Flora Europaea 4: 1-505. Cambridge University Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [81] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746166 Yes
Orphanides, T.G. [17] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746157 Yes
Pichler, T. [s.n.] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746155 Yes
Trott, A.C. [2103] Lebanon Valeriana dioscoridis K000283415 Yes
Adamovic [s.n.] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746148 Yes
Griffith Tedd, H. [1960] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746171 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746156 Yes
[A.W. Young] [609/4] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746174 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746164 Yes
Dr. Th. de Heldreich [s.n.] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746161 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [12042] Lebanon Valeriana dioscoridis K000283422 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [67/ 26] Lebanon Valeriana dioscoridis K000283421 Yes
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [1448] Albania Valeriana dioscoridis K004746142 Yes
Davis [1384] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746152 Yes
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [359] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746149 Yes
[N Stojanoff] [s.n.] Bulgaria Valeriana dioscoridis K004746143 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746158 Yes
Polunin, O. [5246] Lebanon Valeriana dioscoridis K000283419 Yes
Stainton, J.D.A. [7299] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746167 Yes
Helbaek, H. [111] Lebanon Valeriana dioscoridis K000283414 Yes
Polunin, O. [5340] Lebanon Valeriana dioscoridis K000283420 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [4401] Lebanon Valeriana dioscoridis K000283416 Yes
Makinson, D.J. [63] Lebanon Valeriana dioscoridis K000283423 Yes
Pichler, T. [s.n.] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746168 Yes
Chick, H.G. [61] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746154 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [4634] Lebanon Valeriana dioscoridis K000283418 Yes
Hill, A.W.; Sandwith, N.Y.; Turrill, W.B. (Dr.) [2356] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746173 Yes
Griffith Tedd, H. [1960] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746172 Yes
Hill, A.W.; Sandwith, N.Y.; Turrill, W.B. (Dr.) [2356] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746165 Yes
Davis, P.H. [1384] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746153 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [6553] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746145 No
[Boisser] [s.n.] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746163 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746162 Yes
Davis [1713] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746151 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [686] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746169 Yes
Tedd, H.G. [686] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746170 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [4401] Lebanon Valeriana dioscoridis K000283417 Yes
Pennington, R.V. [147] Albania Valeriana dioscoridis K004746144 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746159 Yes
Chick, H.G. [s.n.] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746160 Yes
Davis [1567] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746150 Yes
Dr. T. Wisniewski [1065] Bulgaria Valeriana dioscoridis K004746147 Yes
Platt, J.W.O. [42] Greece Valeriana dioscoridis K004746146 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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