| Common Names - Valerian Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Batsch. | Total Number of genera - 10 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 400 |
| Plant forms - Mostly herbaceous, some shrubs | |
| World Distribution - Around the world, esp. N. temp. zones to the Andes | |
| Comments - Has wood. Mainly herbaceous. | |
| 1 - Centranthus. 2 - Fedia. 3 - Nardostachys. 4 - Patrinia. 5 - Plectritis. 6 - Pseudobetckea. 7 - Valeriana. 8 - Valerianella. |