Plant Details

Accepted name:: Valeriana rubra L. [Caprifoliaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fox's-brush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jupiter's-beard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kiss-me-quick	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lilas d'espagne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
milamores	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pipört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
red valerian	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
red-valerian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rote spornblume	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spur-valerian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
valériane rouge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Centranthus ruber (L.) DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 4: 239 (1805).
Centranthus latifolius Dufr. Hist. Nat. Valér.: 38 (1811).
Centranthus marinus Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 479 (1821 publ. 1822).
Centranthus maritimus DC. Prodr. 4: 632 (1830).
Centranthus ruber f. albiflorus Merino Mem. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 2: 475 (1904), nom. nud.
Ocymastrum rubrum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 303 (1891).
Valeriana alba Mazziari Ionios Antologia 2: 450 (1834).
Valeriana florida Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 55 (1796), nom. superfl.
Valeriana hortensis Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 608 (1764), opus utique rej.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centhranthus ruber	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Centranthus ruber	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Centranthus ruber (L.) DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Valeriana rubra L.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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