Actaea pachypoda

Actaea pachypoda

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 pachypoda
Formae: A. p. f. pachypoda – A. p. f. rubrocarpa

Name

Actaea pachypoda Elliott, Sketch. Bot. S. Carolina. 2: 15. (1821)

Synonyms

Heterotypic

• Actaea alba var. microcarpa (DC.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 65. (1831)
• Actaea brachypetala var. microcarpa DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 385. (1817)
• Actaea pachypoda f. microcarpa (DC.) Fassett, Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci. 38: 196. (1948)

Hybrids

• Actaea ×ludovicii B.Boiv.

Note:

This species has been named A. alba L. by several American authors. However, that name is a synonym of A. spicata (Fernald, 1940).

References

• Elliott, S. 1821–1824. A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia Volume II. 743 pp., Charleston, SC: J.R. Schenck. BHL Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Actaea pachypoda in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Actaea pachypoda. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 5 2024.
• Fernald, M. L. 1940. What is Actaea alba? Rhodora 42: 260–265.
• Flora of North America 2008. 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Aug 29 [1].

Vernacular names

English: Doll's-eyes, White Baneberry

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