Valerianella
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Valerianella is a genus of plant
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

 in family Valerianaceae
Valerianaceae
The Valerianaceae, or valerian family, of the order Dipsacales contains about 350 species in 7 genera. Plants are generally herbaceous and foliage often has a strong, disagreeable odor. They are found native in most regions of the world except for Australia...

. Many plants of this genus are known by the common name corn salad, although that name most often refers to Valerianella locusta
Corn salad
Corn salad is a small dicot annual plant of the family Valerianaceae...

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Here is an incomplete list of its species:
  • Valerianella affinis
    Valerianella affinis
    Valerianella affinis was a species of plant in the Valerianaceae family. It was endemic to Yemen.-Source:* MIller, A. 2004. . Downloaded on 24 August 2007....

    , Balf.f.
    Isaac Bayley Balfour
    Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour FRS FRSE was a Scottish botanist. He was the son of John Hutton Balfour who was also a botanist.-Biography:...

     Yemenite Mache (believed extinct)
  • Valerianella amarella, Hairy Corn Salad
  • Valerianella carinata, European Corn Salad
  • Valerianella chenopodiifolia, Goosefoot Corn Salad
  • Valerianella dentata, Narrowfruit Corn Salad
  • Valerianella eriocarpa, Fetticus, Italian Corn Salad (considered by some to be a subspecies of V. locusta)
  • Valerianella florifera, Texas Corn Salad
  • Valerianella locusta, Corn Salad, Lewiston Corn Salad, Lamb's Lettuce
  • Valerianella longiflora, Longtube Corn Salad
  • Valerianella nuttallii
    Valerianella nuttallii
    Nuttal's cornsalad is a small dicot annual plant of the family Valerianaceae....

    , Nuttall's Corn Salad
  • Valerianella ozarkana, Ozark Corn Salad, Benjamin Franklin Bush
  • Valerianella palmeri, Palmer's Corn Salad
  • Valerianella radiata, Beaked Corn Salad
  • Valerianella stenocarpa, Longcell Corn Salad
  • Valerianella texana, Edwards Plateau Corn Salad
  • Valerianella umbilicata, Navel Corn Salad
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