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 alba(L.) Mill.
- Actaea americanaPursh
- Actaea americana var. alba(L.) Pursh
- Actaea americana var. rubra(Aiton) Pursh
- Actaea argutaNutt.
- Actaea arguta var. paucifloraR.R.Gates
- Actaea arguta var. viridiflora(Greene) Tidestr. & Kittell
- Actaea aspleniifoliaGreene
- Actaea brachypetalaDC.
- Actaea brachypetala var. alba(L.) DC.
- Actaea brachypetala var. rubra(Aiton) DC.
- Actaea californicaGreene
- Actaea caudataGreene
- Actaea erythrocarpa(Fisch.) Kom.
- Actaea erythrocarpa f. kamtschatikaKom.
- Actaea longipesSpach
- Actaea rubra f. arguta(Nutt.) Huth
- Actaea rubra f. rubra
- Actaea rubra subsp. arguta(Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Hultén
- Actaea rubra subsp. rubra
- Actaea rubra var. arguta(Nutt.) M.A.Lawson
- Actaea rubra var. arguta(Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) G.Lawson
- Actaea rubra var. dissectaBritton
- Actaea rubra var. giganteaR.R.Gates
- Actaea rubra var. rubra
- Actaea spicata f. arguta(Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Huth
- Actaea spicata subsp. arguta(Nutt.) Hultén
- Actaea spicata subsp. arguta(Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) A.E.Murray
- Actaea spicata subsp. erythrocarpa(Fisch.) Hultén
- Actaea spicata subsp. rubra(Ait.) Hultén
- Actaea spicata var. albaL.
- Actaea spicata var. arguta(Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Torr.
- Actaea spicata var. dissecta(Britton) K.C.Davis
- Actaea spicata var. erythrocarpaFisch.
- Actaea spicata var. rubraAiton
- Actaea viridifloraGreene
- Actaea viridiflora var. clementiorumR.R.Gates
- Actaea vulgaris var. erythrocarpa(Fisch.) Spach
- Christophoriana alba(L.) Nieuwl.
- Christophoriana arguta(Nutt.) Lunell
- Christophoriana arguta var. alabastrinaLunell
- Christophoriana rubraNieuwl.
- Dipleina umbellataRaf.
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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