Actaea racemosa

Actaea racemosa

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 racemosa
Varietates: A. r. var. dissecta – A. r. var. racemosa

Name

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

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 15 (1818).
  • Macrotrys racemosa (L.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 9 (1826).
  • Thalictrodes racemosa (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 4 (1891).
• Heterotypic
  • see Actaea racemosa var. racemosa

Homonyms

• Actaea racemosa Gilib., 1782, nom. illeg. = Actaea spicata
• Actaea racemosa Walter ex Steud., 1840, nom. illeg. = Trautvetteria caroliniensis

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern Canada Ontario. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Missouri. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Actaea racemosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 12. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Actaea racemosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Oct 2021.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Actaea racemosa. Published online. Accessed: 12 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Actaea racemosa. Accessed: 12 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Actaea racemosa. 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 Oct 12. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Actaea racemosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Trauben-Silberkerze
suomi: Tähkäkimikki

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