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Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd.

This species name was first published in Enum. Pl. : 561 (1809)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000519118.

Synonyms of Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Actaea alba (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 7 : n.º 2 (1759) wfo-0000519040
Actaea americana Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 2: 366. 1813 [Dec 1813] wfo-0000519044
Actaea americana var. alba (L.) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 366 (1813) wfo-0000519046
Actaea americana var. rubra (Aiton) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 367 (1813) wfo-0000519047
Actaea arguta Nutt. Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(1): 35. 1838 [Jul 1838] wfo-0000519048
Actaea arguta var. pauciflora R.R.Gates Bot. Gaz. 61: 202 (1916) wfo-0000519051
Actaea arguta var. viridiflora (Greene) Tidestr. & Kittell Fl. Ariz. New Mex. 25 1941 wfo-0000519052
Actaea aspleniifolia Greene Ottawa Naturalist 16: 35 (1902) wfo-0000519057
Actaea brachypetala DC. Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 385 [var. a]. 1817 [1818 publ. 1-15 Nov 1817] wfo-0000519061
Actaea brachypetala var. alba (L.) DC. Syst. Nat. [Candolle] 1: 385. 1817 [1818 publ. 1-15 Nov 1817] wfo-0000519062
Actaea brachypetala var. rubra (Aiton) DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 385 (1817) wfo-0000519066
Actaea californica Greene Ottawa Naturalist 16: 36 (1902) wfo-0000519067
Actaea caudata Greene Ottawa Naturalist 16: 35 (1902) wfo-0000519068
Actaea erythrocarpa (Fisch.) Kom. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 45: 135 (1895) wfo-0000519080
Actaea longipes Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 388 (1838) wfo-0000519091
Actaea rubra var. arguta (Nutt.) M.A.Lawson Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada 2: 84. 1884 Rev. Canadian Ranunculaceae wfo-0000519119
Actaea rubra subsp. arguta (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Hultén Acta Univ. Lund., 2 , 41(1): 217 (1945) wfo-0000519120
Actaea rubra var. dissecta Britton Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 2: 55 (1897) wfo-0000519121
Actaea rubra var. gigantea R.R.Gates Bot. Gaz. 61: 201 (1916) wfo-0000519122
Actaea spicata var. alba L. Sp. Pl. : 504 (1753) wfo-0000519127
Actaea spicata var. arguta (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Torr. Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 4): 63 (1857) wfo-0000519129
Actaea spicata f. arguta (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Huth Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16(3): 309. 1892 [23 Dec 1892] wfo-0000519130
Actaea spicata subsp. arguta (Nutt.) Hultén Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , ser. 4, 13(1): 166 (1971) wfo-0000519131
Actaea spicata var. dissecta (Britton) K.C.Davis Tax. Stud. N. Amer .Ranunc. : 28 (1900) wfo-0000519133
Actaea spicata var. erythrocarpa Fisch. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1: 20 (1835) wfo-0000519134
Actaea spicata subsp. erythrocarpa (Fisch.) Hultén Kungl. Svenska Vetens.-akad. Handl. 13(1): 166. 1971 wfo-0000519135
Actaea spicata var. rubra Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 211 (1789) wfo-0000519137
Actaea spicata subsp. rubra (Ait.) Hultén Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , ser. 4, 13(1): 166 (1971) wfo-0000519138
Actaea viridiflora Greene Pittonia 2: 108 (1890) wfo-0000519143
Actaea viridiflora var. clementiorum R.R.Gates Bot. Gaz. 61: 203 (1916) wfo-0000519144
Christophoriana alba (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 326 (1914) wfo-0000603703
Christophoriana arguta (Nutt.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 362 (1916) wfo-0000603704
Christophoriana arguta var. alabastrina Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 362 (1916) wfo-0000603705
Christophoriana rubra Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 326 (1914) wfo-0000603711
Dipleina umbellata Raf. Autik. Bot. : 54 (1840) wfo-0000650140
Actaea erythrocarpa f. kamtschatika Kom. Fl. Kamtschatka 2: 118 1929 wfo-0000742042
Actaea rubra f. arguta (Nutt.) Huth Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 309 1893 wfo-0000742043
Actaea vulgaris var. erythrocarpa (Fisch.) Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 386 1838 wfo-0000742046
Actaea rubra subsp. rubra wfo-0001129616
Actaea rubra f. rubra wfo-0001129668
Actaea rubra var. rubra wfo-0001129669
Actaea rubra var. arguta (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) G.Lawson Rev. Canad. Ranuncul. : 84 (1884) wfo-0001241552
Actaea spicata subsp. arguta (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 18. 1982 wfo-0001285370

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