Plant Details

Accepted name:: Valeriana edulis subsp. procera (Kunth) F.G.Mey. [Caprifoliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Valeriana edulis Nutt.
Infraspecies:: 2

Valeriana edulis var. ciliata (F.G.Mey.) Cronquist

Valeriana edulis subsp. edulis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mexican valerian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexikanisch baldrian	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
valeriana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
valeriana mexicana, raiz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
valeriana mexicana, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	root	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
raíces		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Valeriana procera Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 329 (1819).
Valeriana knautioides Graebn. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 427 (1899).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Valeriana edulis Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray. ssp. procera (Kunth) Meyer	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Valeriana edulis Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray subsp. procera (Kunth) F.G.Mey.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Valeriana edulis Nutt. ex Torr. et Gray subsp. procera (H.B.K.) F.G.Meyer	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Valeriana edulis subsp. procera (Kunth) F.G. Mey.	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Valeriana edulis subsp. procera (Kunth) F.g. Mey.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Valeriana edulis subsp. procera Meyer	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Valeriana procera H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Valeriana procera Kunth	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)

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