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

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 to A. spicata (Fernald, 1940).

References

• 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