Typification of the names of Iberian Valerianaceae taxa described by Linnaeus.

The typification often Linnaean names of taxa belonging to the Valerianaceae is discussed. Lectotypes are designated from the Linnaean herbarium at LINN ( Valeriana dioica, V locusta var. discoidea, V phu, V tripteris), the Burser Herbarium at UPS (V montana, V tuberosa), and from the Clifford Herbarium at BM (fri rubra). An illustration in a pre-Linnaean work is designated as the lectotype of both V locusta var. mutica and V locusta var. pumila. Valeriana ,nixta, often treated as ambiguous, is discussed and will be proposed for formal rejection. Each type choice made here maintains the present usage of the corresponding Linnaean name. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]