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bugbanes, baneberries and cohoshes
Actaea
Actaea, commonly called baneberry, bugbane and cohosh, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae, native to subtropical, temperate and subartic regions of the Europe, Asia and North America.
34 branches of this genus, most-observed first
red baneberry
speciesActaea rubra
white baneberry
speciesActaea pachypoda
black cohosh
speciesActaea racemosa
Eurasian baneberry
speciesActaea spicata
Red Baneberry
speciesActaea erythrocarpa
Actaea cimicifuga
speciesActaea cimicifuga
Simple bugbane
speciesActaea simplex
mountain black cohosh
speciesActaea podocarpa
Tall Bugbane
speciesActaea elata
Louis's baneberry
hybridActaea × ludovicii
Actaea dahurica
speciesActaea dahurica
Asian baneberry
speciesActaea asiatica
Actaea europaea
speciesActaea europaea
Appalachian Bugbane
speciesActaea rubifolia
Mount Hood bugbane
speciesActaea laciniata
Actaea rhodostigma
speciesActaea rhodostigma
Actaea biternata
speciesActaea biternata
Actaea taiwanensis
speciesActaea taiwanensis
Actaea japonica
speciesActaea japonica
Actaea vaginata
speciesActaea vaginata
Arizona bugbane
speciesActaea arizonica
Actaea heracleifolia
speciesActaea heracleifolia
Actaea bifida
speciesActaea bifida
Actaea frigida
speciesActaea frigida
Actaea yunnanensis
speciesActaea yunnanensis
Actaea cordifolia
speciesActaea cordifolia
Actaea brachycarpa
speciesActaea brachycarpa
Actaea muliensis
speciesActaea muliensis
Actaea nanchuanensis
speciesActaea nanchuanensis
Actaea lancifoliolata
speciesActaea lancifoliolata
Actaea purpurea
speciesActaea purpurea
Actaea kashmiriana
speciesActaea kashmiriana
Actaea austrokoreana
speciesActaea austrokoreana
Actaea matsumurae
speciesActaea matsumurae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49871.