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Actaea  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 18721

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Cimicifuga Wernisch.
  
  Common Name(s): baneberry [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2018   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderRanunculanae   
                         OrderRanunculales   
                            FamilyRanunculaceae  – buttercups, boutons d'or, crowfoot  
                               GenusActaea L. – baneberry  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Actaea arizonica (S. Watson) J. Compton – Arizona bugbane 
                                  Species Actaea cordifolia DC. – Appalachian bugbane 
                                  Species Actaea elata (Nutt.) Prantl – tall bugbane 
                                  Species Actaea laciniata (S. Watson) J. Compton – Mt. Hood bugbane 
                                  Species Actaea X ludovicii B. Boivin  
                                  Species Actaea pachypoda Elliott – baneberry, white baneberry 
                                  Species Actaea podocarpa DC. – mountain bugbane 
                                  Species Actaea racemosa L. – black snakeroot, black cohosh, black baneberry 
                                  Species Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd. – western baneberry, red baneberry 
                                  Species Actaea spicata L. – baneberry 
                                  Species Cimicifuga simplex (DC.) Wormsk. ex Turcz.  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Actaea   
       
  Source: Ranunculaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Actaea   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Actaea   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Actaea   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Compton, James A., Alastair Culham, and Stephen L. Jury  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Reclassification of Actaea to include Cimicifuga and Souliea (Ranunculaceae): phylogeny inferred from morphology, nrDNA ITS, and cpDNA trnL-F sequence variation   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Taxon, vol. 47, no. 3   
  Page(s): 593-634   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0040-0262   
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  Reference for: Actaea   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Actaea L. (TSN 18721) is apparently a 'parahomonym' of (different kingdom, same name as) crustacean genus Actaea De Haan, 1833 (TSN 98845)  
 

 

    

 
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