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December 2023

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Actaea L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 504 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000000488.

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Synonyms of Actaea

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Actinospora Turcz. Linnaea 10(Litt.): 81 (1836) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000000529
Botrophis Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 85. 1828. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000005082
Christophoriana Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) 1754. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000008144
Cimicifuga Wernisch. Gen. Pl. : 298, 321 (1763) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000008321
Dipleina Raf. Autik. Bot. 1: 54. 1840. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000011946
Macrotrys Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000022801
Megotrys Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 267. 1818. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000023525
Pityrosperma Siebold & Zucc. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3: 734. 1843. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000029945
Souliea Franch. J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 68–69. 1898. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000035825
Thalictrodes Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 4 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000038054

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Actaea:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Actaea alba var. microcarpa (DC.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 65. 1831 [early Aug 1831] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001391379
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Actaea aspera Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 332 (1790) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000519056
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Actaea brachypoda Elliott Nov. Stirp. Pug. — wfo-0001129577
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Actaea christophoriana Gouan Fl. Monsp. (Gouan) 152. 1764 [Dec 1764] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001007343
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Actaea dioica Walter Fl. Carol. [Walter] 152 (1788). Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000519077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Actaea nutans Tausch Hort. Canal. 2: t. 20 (1825) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000519100
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Actaea tracyi Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. : 375 (1923) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000519141
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Actaea xanthorrhiza E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. (Sturm), ed. 2. 5: 227. 1901 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000519146