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Details for: Ames 27630,
Actaea racemosa
L., WV3
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Actaea racemosa
L.
Top Name:
WV3
Origin:
Collected – West Virginia, United States
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
23 Nov 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Forb
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Actaea racemosa
L.
Top Name:
WV3
Origin:
Collected – West Virginia, United States
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
23 Nov 2004
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Forb
Source History
Donated
23 November 2004.
West Virginia, United States
Donor(s):
Richardson, Russ, Crummies Creek Tree Farm
Accession Names and Identifiers
WV3
Type: Collector identifier
Lueck, Lorna University of Massachusetts
Ames 27630
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
Ames 27829
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
Narrative
Actaea racemosa
L.
Genus:
Actaea
Section:
Actaea
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Subfamily:
Ranunculoideae
Tribe:
Actaeeae
Nomen number:
411899
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:504. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
09/17/1998
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cimicifuga racemosa
(L.) Nutt.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
black cohosh
as
Cimicifuga racemosa
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Note:
=
Cimicifuga racemosa
English
black snakeroot
as
Cimicifuga racemosa
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Note:
=
Cimicifuga racemosa
Swedish
läkesilverax
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
22 Dec 2004, from
Cimicifuga racemosa
(L.) Nutt. to
Actaea racemosa
L.
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Citations
Al-Amier, H., K. A. Nasr, L. Lueck, Z. E. Gardner, & L. E. Craker.
2006. Phytochemical variation in black cohosh populations. Acta Hort. 720:95-100.
Number of accessions cited:
11
Gardner, Z. E., L. Lueck, E. B. Erhardt, & L. E. Craker.
2012. A morphometric analysis of
Actaea racemosa
L.(Ranunculaceae). J. Medicin. Active Pl. 1(2):47-59.
Number of accessions cited:
18
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