Plant Details

Accepted name:: Valeriana alternifolia Ledeb. [Caprifoliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese valerian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xie cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root & rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Valeriana pseudofficinalis C.Y.Cheng & H.B.Chen Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 11(3): 33 (1991).
Valeriana stubendorfii Kreyer ex Kom. Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 215 (1931 publ. 1932).
Valeriana alternifolia var. angustifolia (Kom.) S.H.Li Fl. Liaoningica 2: 405 (1992).
Valeriana alternifolia f. angustifolia (Kom.) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 596 (1979).
Valeriana alternifolia f. filisecta A.I.Baranov Zap. Kharbin. Obshch. Estestvoisp. Etnogr. 1966: 110 (1966).
Valeriana alternifolia subsp. pseudocoreana Vorosch. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 143: 31 (1986 publ. 1987).
Valeriana alternifolia var. stolonifera A.I.Baranov & Skvortzov Zap. Kharbin. Obshch. Estestvoisp. Etnogr. 12: 35 (1954).
Valeriana alternifolia subsp. stubendorfiana (Sumnev.) Vorosch. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 98: 42 (1975).
Valeriana alternifolia var. stubendorfii (Kreyer ex Kom.) A.I.Baranov Zap. Kharbin. Obshch. Estestvoisp. Etnogr. 1966: 108 (1966).
Valeriana alternifolia subsp. stubendorfii (Kreyer ex Kom.) Vorosch. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 143: 31 (1986 publ. 1987).
Valeriana alternifolia f. verticillata (Kom.) S.X.Li in P.Y.Fu, Clavis Pl. Chinae Bor.-Or., ed. 2: 629 (1995).
Valeriana chinensis Kreyer ex Kom. Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 216 (1931 publ. 1932), nom. illeg.
Valeriana dahurica Sumnev. Trudy Biol. Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. 2: 58 (1936).
Valeriana elodea Sumnev. Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1936(5): 4 (1936).
Valeriana jacutica Sumnev. Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1936(5): 5 (1936).
Valeriana kuminoviana Sumnev. Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1936(5): 3 (1936).
Valeriana lyratifolia Sumnev. Trudy Biol. Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. 2: 56 (1936).
Valeriana officinalis var. alternifolia (Ledeb.) Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 439 (1844).
Valeriana spectabilis Sumnev. Lekarstv. Valeriana officinalis Aziatsk. chasti SSSR: 28 (1941).
Valeriana stubendorfiana Sumnev. Lekarstv. Valeriana officinalis Aziatsk. chasti SSSR: 28 (1941).
Valeriana stubendorfii f. angustifolia Kom. Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 213 (1931 publ. 1932).
Valeriana subbipinnatifolia A.I.Baranov Taiwania 12: 111 (1966).
Valeriana transbaicalensis Sumnev. Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 1936(5): 2 (1936).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Valeriana alternifolia Ledeb.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Valeriana pseudofficinalis C. Y. Cheng & H. B. Chen	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Valeriana pseudofficinalis C.Y.Cheng & H.B.Chen	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Valeriana pseudofficinalis C.y. Cheng & H.b. Chen	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Valeriana stubendorfi	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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