Valeriana officinalis L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part V), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 911-926 : 913

Valeriana officinalis Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 31. 1753 .

"Habitat in Europae nemoribus paludosis." RCN: 254.

Lectotype (designated here by Kirschner): Herb. Burser VIII: 100 ( UPS) . - Epitype (designated here by Kirschner): Czech Republic. Southern Bohemia, Písek, along the railway between Razice and Herman, alt. 380m, 16 Aug 2006, J. Kirschner & M. Soukup 1608 (PRA; iso- BM).

Generitype of Valeriana Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 117. 1929).

Current name: Valeriana officinalis L. ( Valerianaceae ).

Note: Valeriana pyrenaica was treated as the generitype by Britton & Brown (Ill. Fl. N. U. S., ed. 2, 3: 284. 1913; see McNeill & al. in Taxon 36: 387. 1987). However, under Art. 10.5, Ex. 7 (a voted example) of the Vienna Code, this is a type choice made under the American Code and is to be replaced under Art. 10.5b by Hitchcock’s choice (Prop. Brit. Bot.: 117. 1929) of V. officinalis L. Grubov (in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 33: 214. Mar 2001) stated "Type in London (LINN)". Only 48.6 (LINN) can be associated with this name, so this statement would otherwise be acceptable as a formal typification. However, the omission of "designated here" or an equivalent leaves this type choice contrary to Art. 7.11.