Taxon:  Actaea dahurica (Turcz. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Franch.



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:
4 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
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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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  5. Wang, W. T. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. Chinese common names, = Cimicifuga dahurica
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Chinesexing an sheng ma兴安升麻as Cimicifuga dahurica2Wang, W. T. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. Chinese common names, = Cimicifuga dahurica
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJilin Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Mongol Zizhiqu Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Sheng Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea, South  Oh, S.-Y. & J.-H. Pak. 2001. Distribution maps of vascular plants in Korea Note: "davurica"
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationAmur Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationPrimorye Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberia Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
2Cultivated    also cult.Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Primorye, Amur]
  • CHINA: China [Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Shanxi Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, South
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  2. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  3. Oh, S.-Y. & J.-H. Pak. 2001. Distribution maps of vascular plants in Korea Note: "davurica"
  4. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalas Cimicifuga dahuricaWalters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: as Cimicifuga dahurica
Environmentalornamentalas Cimicifuga dahuricaEncke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage Note: as Cimicifuga dahurica
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinesfolkloreadulterant of black cohoshJiang, 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.
Medicinesfolkloreas Cimicifuga dahuricaWang, W. T. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. Chinese common names, = Cimicifuga dahurica
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=411900. Accessed 15 April 2026.