Actaea (plant)

"Baneberry" redirects here. For the community in the United States, see Baneberry, Tennessee. For the botched nuclear test, see Yucca Flat § Baneberry.

Actaea
Actaea rubra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Subfamily: Ranunculoideae
Tribe: Cimicifugeae
Genus: Actaea
L.
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Actinospora Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Actinospora Turcz.
  • Botrophis Raf.
  • Christophoriana Mill.
  • Cimicifuga Wernisch.
  • Dipleina Raf.
  • Macrotrys Raf.
  • Megotrys Raf.
  • Pityrosperma Siebold & Zucc.
  • Souliea Franch.
  • Thalictrodes Kuntze

Actaea, commonly called baneberry, bugbane and cohosh, is a genus of flowering plants of the family Ranunculaceae, native to subtropical, temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America.

  1. ^ "Actaea L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 August 2023.