Actaea cimicifuga L. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Actaea

Section:

Cimicifuga

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Subfamily:

Ranunculoideae

Tribe:

Actaeeae

Nomen number:

1381

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:504. 1753

Typification:

Verified:

09/17/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)

Actaea cimicifuga L. var. cimicifuga

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Cimicifuga foetida L.

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce Note: = Cimicifuga foetida
Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. Note: = Cimicifuga foetida
Compton, J. A. et al. 1998. Reclassification of Actaea to include Cimicifuga and Souliea (Ranunculaceae): phylogeny inferred from morphology, nrDNA ITS, and cpDNA trnL-F sequence variation. Taxon 47:623.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Cimicifuga foetida
Jiang, B. et al. 2006. Evaluation of the botanical authenticity and phytochemical profile of black cohosh products by high-performance liquid chromatography with selected ion monitoring liquid chromatography-mass spectometry. J. Agric. Food Chem. 54:3242-3253.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.

Common names

English
bugbane –
Chinese cimicifuga –
foetid bugbane –
Swedish
flädersilverax –
Transcribed Chinese
sheng ma –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan Sheng	w.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Qinghai Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shaanxi Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xizang Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia	Eastern Siberia	s.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Western Siberia	Western Siberia
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India		n.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar		n.
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Asia-Temperate

SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia (s.)]
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
CHINA: China [Gansu Sheng, Henan Sheng (w.), Qinghai Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]

Asia-Tropical

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	as Cimicifuga foetida	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental	ornamental	as Cimicifuga foetida	Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Medicines	adulterant of black cohosh		Jiang, B. et al. 2006. Evaluation of the botanical authenticity and phytochemical profile of black cohosh products by high-performance liquid chromatography with selected ion monitoring liquid chromatography-mass spectometry. J. Agric. Food Chem. 54:3242-3253.
Medicines	folklore	as Cimicifuga foetida	McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicines	folklore	as Cimicifuga foetida	American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce Note: = Cimicifuga foetida