Actaea

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q158086
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Actaea

Summary

Actaea is a taxon[1]. Actaea ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (351 views/month, #1,520 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Actaea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Actaea is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Actaea is classified within Actaeeae[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Actaea is Actaea[6].
  • Actaea's Commons category is recorded as Actaea[7].
  • Actaea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Actaea (plant)[8].
  • Actaea's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[9].
  • Actaea's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • Actaea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Actaea's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • Actaea's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • Actaea's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 27[14].
  • Actaea's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[15].
  • Actaea's described by source is recorded as Q12049440[16].
  • Actaea's taxon synonym is recorded as Cimicifuga[17].
  • Actaea's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=146[18].
  • Actaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'baneberry'}[19].
  • Actaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Qarğaotu'}[20].
  • Actaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'ba', 'text': 'Бәғәнәш'}[21].
  • Actaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Варанец'}[22].
  • Actaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'samorostlík'}[23].
  • Actaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Druemunke'}[24].
  • Actaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Christophskräuter'}[25].
  • Actaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Ακταία'}[26].
  • Actaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Baneberry'}[27].

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Classification

Actaea's scientific name is Actaea[6]. Actaea is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Actaea is classified within Actaeeae[5]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'baneberry'}[19], {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Qarğaotu'}[20], {'lang': 'ba', 'text': 'Бәғәнәш'}[21], {'lang': 'be', 'text': 'Варанец'}[22], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'samorostlík'}[23], and {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Druemunke'}[24].

Identifiers

Actaea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49871[28]. Actaea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 46988[29]. Actaea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3032252[30]. Actaea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18721[31].

Why It Matters

Actaea ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (351 views/month, #1,520 of 195,241).[2] Actaea has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Actaea is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] . Plants of the World Online. wikidata.org.
  19. [18] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Actaeeae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Homonymous taxon Actaea
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