Valeriana officinalis L.
(Common Valerian)

Interactions where Valeriana officinalis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

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Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		has sap sucked by adult			Acompus rufipes	a ground bug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Acompus rufipes/	Acompus rufipes	a ground bug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian	?							adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			Acompus rufipes	a ground bug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Acompus rufipes/	Acompus rufipes	a ground bug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian	?							nymph sucks sap of
(live)		live has sap sucked by			Macrosiphum rosae	Rose Aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae/	Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum) rosae	rose aphid					Foodplant / sap sucker		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		live						sucks sap of live
(live)		live is parasitised by sporangium			Peronospora valerianae	a downy mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora valerianae/	Peronospora valerianae	a downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		live						sporangium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by plentiful conidial anamorph			Golovinomyces valerianae	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces valerianae/	Golovinomyces valerianae	a powdery mildew		plentiful		conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		live						plentiful conidial anamorph parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by cleistothecium			Golovinomyces valerianae	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Golovinomyces valerianae/	Golovinomyces valerianae	a powdery mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		live						cleistothecium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by pycnium			Uromyces valerianae	Valerian Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces valerianae/	Uromyces valerianae	valerian rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		live						pycnium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Uromyces valerianae	Valerian Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces valerianae/	Uromyces valerianae	valerian rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		live						telium parasitises live
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Liriomyza valerianae	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza valerianae/	Liriomyza valerianae	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva			Macrophya albicincta	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952 Remarques taxinomiques et biologiques sur les Macrophya [hym. Tenthredinidae] se developpant sur Sambucus [Caprifoliaceae], Chevin, H., 1975 Macrophya parvula Konow. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) new to Britain, Liston, A.D., 1987	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Macrophya (Macrophya) albicincta/	Macrophya (Macrophya) albicincta	a sawfly		nocturnal		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian			leaf		Minor			nocturnal larva grazes on leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph			Arthrinium phaeospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Apiosporaceae	British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium phaeospermum/	Arthrinium phaeospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		dead	leaf				(esp. 7-8)	colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous, few, immersed, then erumpent pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph			Phyllosticta valerianae	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales: Phyllostictaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Phyllostictaceae/Phyllosticta valerianae/	Phyllosticta valerianae	a coelomycete		epiphyllous, few, immersed, then erumpent	pycnidium	Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		live	leaf				(8)	epiphyllous, few, immersed, then erumpent pycnidium of Phyllosticta coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia anamorph			Ramularia valerianae var valerianae	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia valerianae var. valerianae/	Ramularia valerianae var. valerianae	an anamorphic fungus		mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		live	leaf					mainly hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is galled by hypophyllous aecium			Uromyces valerianae	Valerian Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces valerianae/	Uromyces valerianae	valerian rust		hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		live	leaf					hypophyllous aecium causes gall of live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium			Uromyces valerianae	Valerian Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces valerianae/	Uromyces valerianae	valerian rust		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		live	leaf					amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by immersed, becoming erumpent conidioma of Chaetospermum coelomycetous anamorph			Chaetospermum chaetosporum	a coelomycete		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Chaetospermum chaetosporum/	Chaetospermum chaetosporum	a coelomycete		immersed, becoming erumpent	conidioma	Chaetospermum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		dead	stem					immersed, becoming erumpent conidioma of Chaetospermum coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph			Arthrinium phaeospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Apiosporaceae	British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium phaeospermum/	Arthrinium phaeospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Valeriana officinalis/	Valeriana officinalis	common valerian		dead	stem				(esp. 7-8)	colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem

Valeriana officinalis (Common Valerian) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Valeriana
(valerians)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Tall Woody Herbs
(tall woody herbs)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Chevin, H., 1975	Remarques taxinomiques et biologiques sur les Macrophya [hym. Tenthredinidae] se developpant sur Sambucus [Caprifoliaceae]	Vol 11 (2)
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951	British marsh and fen fungi. II	TBMS Vol 34 (4): 497-514.
Fjelddalen, J., 1964	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962	Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Liston, A.D., 1987	Macrophya parvula Konow. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) new to Britain	Ent. Gazette 38: 125-128.
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Valeriana officinalis ssp collina a common valerian				Subspecies		7 trophisms
Valeriana officinalis ssp sambucifolia a common valerian				Subspecies		7 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Valeriana officinalis (Common Valerian)
Genus	Valeriana (valerians)
Family	CAPRIFOLIACEAE (honeysuckles and scabiouses)
Order	DIPSACALES (elder, honeysuckles, valerians, scabiouses and teasels)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Valeriana officinalis is also a member of:
Tall Woody Herbs - tall woody herbs (via Valeriana)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Valeriana officinalis (Common Valerian)

Valeriana officinalis (Common Valerian) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CAPRIFOLIACEAE
(honeysuckles and scabiouses)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Literature

Forms of Valeriana officinalis L.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Valeriana officinalis (Common Valerian):

CAPRIFOLIACEAE
(honeysuckles and scabiouses)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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