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

"Habitat in nemoribus Europae." RCN: 3830.

Lectotype (Jonsell & Jarvis in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 14. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 665.1 (LINN) .

Generitype of Actaea Linnaeus (vide Huth in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 308. 1892).

Current name: Actaea spicata L. ( Ranunculaceae).

Note: Jonsell & Jarvis (in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 160. 1994) provide more details concerning their formal 1993 typification.