Actaea spicata

Actaea spicata foliage & flowers, Racha, Shkmeri, Caucasus Mts., Georgia

Actaea spicata fruit, Holosiiv forest, Kiev, Ukraine

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Ranunculoideae
Tribus: Cimicifugeae
Genus: Actaea
Sectio: Actaea sect. Actaea
Species: Actaea spicata

Name

Actaea spicata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 504 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Christophoriana spicata (L.) Moench, Methodus: 276. 1794.
• Heterotypic
  • Actaea alba (L.) Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8. Actaea no. 2 (1768).
  • Actaea americana var. alba (L.) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 366 (1813).
  • Actaea brachypetala DC., Syst. Nat.: 385 [var. α]. (1817).
  • Actaea brachypetala DC., Syst. Nat.: 385 [var. β]. (1817).
  • Actaea brachypetala var. alba (L.) DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 385 (1817).
  • Actaea christophoriana Gouan, Fl. Monsp. 152 (1764).
  • Actaea corymbosa Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 3. 176 (1812).
  • Actaea longipes Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 388 (1838).
  • Actaea nigra (L.) G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb., Oekon. Fl. Wetterau 2: 265 (1800).
  • Actaea racemosa Gilib., Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 226. 1782, nom. illeg. non L. (1753).
  • Actaea spicata var. alba L., Sp. Pl. 1: 504 (1753).
  • Actaea spicata var. nigra L., Sp. Pl. 1: 504 (1753).
  • Christophoriana alba (L.) Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 326 (1914).
  • Christophoriana vulgaris Rupr., Fl. Caucasi 44 (1869).

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 504. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2021. Actaea spicata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 18. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Actaea spicata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 July 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Actaea spicata. Published online. Accessed: 18 July 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Actaea spicata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Actaea spicata. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2009 Oct 05.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Actaea spicata. Accessed: 2021 Jul 18.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Sünbülvari qarğaotu
čeština: samorostlík klasnatý
Cymraeg: Llysiau Cristoffis
dansk: Sort Druemunke
Deutsch: Ähriges Christophskraut
English: Baneberry
español: Cimífuga
eesti: Salu-siumari
suomi: Mustakonnanmarja
français: Actée en épi
hornjoserbsce: Wšědna čornica
italiano: Barba di capra
қазақша: Масақты қарғашөп
lietuvių: Varpotoji juodžolė
latviešu: Vārpainā krauklene
Nederlands: Christoffelkruid
norsk nynorsk: Trollbær
norsk: Trollbær
polski: Czerniec gronkowy
română: Orbalț
русский: Воронец колосистый
slovenčina: Samorastlík klasnatý
svenska: Trolldruva
українська: Воронець колосистий

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