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The genus Actaea is in the family Ranunculaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Actaea

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Actaea arizonica (S.Watson) J.Compton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea asiatica H.Hara	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea austrokoreana (H.W.Lee & C.W.Park) Cubey	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea bifida (Nakai) J.Compton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea biternata (Siebold & Zucc.) Prantl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea brachycarpa (P.K.Hsiao) J.Compton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea cimicifuga L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea cordifolia DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea dahurica (Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Franch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea elata (Nutt.) Prantl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea europaea (Schipcz.) J.Compton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea frigida (Royle) Prantl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea heracleifolia (Kom.) J.Compton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea japonica Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea kashmiriana (J.Compton & Hedd.) J.Compton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea laciniata (S.Watson) J.Compton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea × ludovicii B.Boivin	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea mairei (H.Lév.) J.Compton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea matsumurae (Nakai) J.Compton & Hedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea pachypoda Elliott	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea podocarpa DC.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea purpurea (P.K.Hsiao) J.Compton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea racemosa L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea simplex (DC.) Wormsk. ex Prantl	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea spicata L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea taiwanensis J.Compton, Hedd. & T.Y.Yang	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea vaginata (Maxim.) J.Compton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea yesoensis (Nakai) J.Compton & Hedd.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Actaea yunnanensis (P.K.Hsiao) J.Compton	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 72 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Actaea. Of these 30 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 42 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Actaea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 72 species names for the genus Actaea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	30	41.7%
◕	Synonym	33	45.8%
◕	Unplaced	2	2.8%
◕	Unassessed	7	9.7%

All names

The status of the 114 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Actaea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	37	32.5%
◕	Synonym	68	59.6%
◕	Unplaced	2	1.8%
◕	Unassessed	7	6.1%

Of these names,

• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 72 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Actaea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	28	32	0	0	60	83.3%
	Low confidence	2	1	2	7	12	16.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Actaea, are as follows: