Actaea cimicifuga Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 504. 1753.

"Habitat in Sibiria. D. Krashenninnikof." RCN: 3962.

Replaced synonym of: Cimicifuga foetida L. (1767) .

Lectotype (Compton & Jury in Taxon 44: 604. 1995): Herb. Linn. No. 220.17 (S) .

Generitype of Cimicifuga Wernisch.

Current name: Actaea cimicifuga L. ( Ranunculaceae).