Actaea rubra
A species in the Ranunculaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Actaea
- Species
- Actaea rubra
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1809
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Actaea rubra. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
43 synonyms in this snapshot
- Actaea albaName author: (L.) Mill.
- Actaea americanaName author: Pursh
- Actaea americana var. albaName author: (L.) Pursh
- Actaea americana var. rubraName author: (Aiton) Pursh
- Actaea argutaName author: Nutt.
- Actaea arguta var. paucifloraName author: R.R.Gates
- Actaea arguta var. viridifloraName author: (Greene) Tidestr. & Kittell
- Actaea aspleniifoliaName author: Greene
- Actaea brachypetalaName author: DC.
- Actaea brachypetala var. albaName author: (L.) DC.
- Actaea brachypetala var. rubraName author: (Aiton) DC.
- Actaea californicaName author: Greene
- Actaea caudataName author: Greene
- Actaea erythrocarpaName author: (Fisch.) Kom.
- Actaea erythrocarpa f. kamtschatikaName author: Kom.
- Actaea longipesName author: Spach
- Actaea rubra f. argutaName author: (Nutt.) Huth
- Actaea rubra f. rubraName author: Not supplied
- Actaea rubra subsp. argutaName author: (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Hultén
- Actaea rubra subsp. rubraName author: Not supplied
- Actaea rubra var. argutaName author: (Nutt.) M.A.Lawson
- Actaea rubra var. argutaName author: (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) G.Lawson
- Actaea rubra var. dissectaName author: Britton
- Actaea rubra var. giganteaName author: R.R.Gates
- Actaea rubra var. rubraName author: Not supplied
- Actaea spicata f. argutaName author: (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Huth
- Actaea spicata subsp. argutaName author: (Nutt.) Hultén
- Actaea spicata subsp. argutaName author: (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) A.E.Murray
- Actaea spicata subsp. erythrocarpaName author: (Fisch.) Hultén
- Actaea spicata subsp. rubraName author: (Ait.) Hultén
- Actaea spicata var. albaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Actaea spicata var. argutaName author: (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Torr.
- Actaea spicata var. dissectaName author: (Britton) K.C.Davis
- Actaea spicata var. erythrocarpaName author: Fisch.
- Actaea spicata var. rubraName author: Aiton
- Actaea viridifloraName author: Greene
- Actaea viridiflora var. clementiorumName author: R.R.Gates
- Actaea vulgaris var. erythrocarpaName author: (Fisch.) Spach
- Christophoriana albaName author: (L.) Nieuwl.
- Christophoriana argutaName author: (Nutt.) Lunell
- Christophoriana arguta var. alabastrinaName author: Lunell
- Christophoriana rubraName author: Nieuwl.
- Dipleina umbellataName author: Raf.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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