Actaea dahurica (Turcz. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Franch. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Actaea

Section:

Dichanthera

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Subfamily:

Ranunculoideae

Tribe:

Actaeeae

Nomen number:

411900

Place of publication:

Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 5:175. 1883 (Pl. david. 1:23. 1884)

Verified:

09/18/1998 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

Basionym

Actinospora dahurica Turcz. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Cimicifuga dahurica (Turcz. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Maxim.

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Reference(s)

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.
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.
Wang, W. T. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. Chinese common names, = Cimicifuga dahurica

Common names

Transcribed Chinese
xing an sheng ma –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hebei Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Heilongjiang Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jilin Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Liaoning Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Nei Mongol Zizhiqu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shanxi Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea, South
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Amur
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Primorye
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia	Eastern Siberia
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Asia-Temperate

SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Primorye]
CHINA: China [Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Shanxi Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Korea, South

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	as Cimicifuga dahurica	Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmental	ornamental	as Cimicifuga dahurica	Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
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		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 dahurica	Wang, W. T. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. Chinese common names, = Cimicifuga dahurica