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Taxon:  Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fernald



Summary
Genus:
Aruncus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Spiraeeae
Nomen number:
4366
Place of publication:
Rhodora 41:423. 1939
Verified:
08/23/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fernald var. acuminatus (Rydb.) H. Hara (0 active accession[s])
Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fernald var. dioicus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Actaea dioica Walter

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Spiraea aruncus L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Aruncus asiaticus Pojark.
Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fernald var. kamtschaticus (Maxim.) H. Hara
Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fernald var. pubescens (Rydb.) Fernald
Aruncus sylvester Kostel. ex Maxim.
Aruncus sylvester Kostel. ex Maxim. var. sylvester
Aruncus sylvester Kostel. ex Maxim. var. vulgaris Maxim.
Aruncus vulgaris (Maxim.) Raf. ex H. Hara
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Reference(s)
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  6. Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana.
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  17. Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
  18. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
  19. Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
  20. Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas
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  26. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  27. Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
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Common names
English
Buck's-beard –
goat's-beard –
French
barbe de bouc –
German
Wald-Geißbart –
Swedish
plymspirea –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJilin Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHokkaidô 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationAmur 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationKamchatka 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationKhabarovsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationKurile Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationPrimorye 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationSakhalin 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationChita 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationYakutia-Sakha 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey n.e.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaHimachal Pradesh 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly n.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain n.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIowae.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahomae.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvaniaw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregonw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashingtonw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornian.w.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaCanadaYukons.w.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaUnited StatesAlaska 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (n.e.)
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Chita, Yakutia-Sakha]
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Kurile Islands, Khabarovsk, Primorye, Amur, Kamchatka, Sakhalin]
  • CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim], Nepal
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy (n.), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (n.), France
Northern America
  • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Yukon (s.w.)], United States [Alaska]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania (w.), West Virginia]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa (e.), Missouri, Oklahoma (e.)]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon (w.), Washington (w.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California (n.w.)]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=4366. Accessed 23 May 2025.