Plant Details

Accepted name:: Actaea simplex (DC.) Wormsk. ex Prantl [Ranunculaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cimicifuga rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
cimicifugae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
ショウマ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
野升麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cimicifuga foetida var. intermedia Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(II): 121 (1862).
Cimicifuga simplex (DC.) Wormsk. ex Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 15: 87 (1842).
Actaea cimicifuga var. simplex DC. Prodr. 1: 64 (1824).
Actaea yezoensis (Nakai) J.Compton & Hedd. Taxon 47: 624 (1998).
Cimicifuga cimicifuga var. intermedia (Regel) Graebn. & P.Graebn. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(2): 632 (1926), not validly publ.
Cimicifuga dahurica var. candollei Huth Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 1094 (1897).
Cimicifuga dahurica var. tschonoskii Huth Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 317 (1892).
Cimicifuga foetida f. laciniata Makino in T.Makino & K.Nemoto, Fl. Japan: 966 (1925).
Cimicifuga foetida var. muramatsui Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 151 (1908).
Cimicifuga foetida f. purpurea Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 39 (1926).
Cimicifuga foetida var. simplex (DC.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 64 (1831).
Cimicifuga foetida var. tschonoskii (Huth) Matsum. & Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 151 (1908).
Cimicifuga ramosa (Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav.) Nakai Index Seminum (TI, Tokyo) 1932: 15 (1932).
Cimicifuga simplex var. intermedia (Regel) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 146 (1916).
Cimicifuga simplex var. matsumurae Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 147 (1916).
Cimicifuga simplex var. racemosa Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 146 (1916).
Cimicifuga simplex var. ramosa Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 13 (1875).
Cimicifuga simplex var. tschonoskii (Huth) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 146 (1916).
Cimicifuga simplex var. typica Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 145 (1916), not validly publ.
Cimicifuga simplex f. villosa Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 147 (1916).
Cimicifuga simplex var. yezoensis Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 146 (1916).
Cimicifuga taquetii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 448 (1911).
Cimicifuga ussuriensis Oett. Trudy Bot. Sada Imp. Yur'evsk. Univ. 6: 138 (1906).
Cimicifuga yezoensis (Nakai) Kudô J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 12: 36 (1923).
Thalictrodes simplex (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 4 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Actaea simplex (DC.) Wormsk. ex Prantl	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cimicifuga foetida L. var. intermedia	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cimicifuga simplex	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cimicifuga simplex (Dc.) Wormsk. Ex Turcz.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cimicifuga simplex (L.) Wormsk.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Cimicifuga simplex Turczaninow	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Cimicifuga simplex Wormsk.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cimicifuga simplex Wormskjord	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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