Actaea
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Actaea spicata (type species) 
Specimen of Actaea semblatae in National Museum of Natural Science in Taiwan
See also: actaea
Translingual
Etymology 1
From Latin actaea (“baneberry”).
Proper noun
Actaea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – baneberry or bugbane, flowering plants native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots – clades; Ranunculales – order; Ranunculaceae – family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Actaeeae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Actaea sect. Actaea, Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, Actaea sect. Dichanthera, Actaea sect. Oligocarpae, Actaea sect. Pityrosperma, Actaea sect. Podocarpae, Actaea sect. Souliea - section
- Actaea spicata - type species; Actaea arizonica (Arizona bugbane), Actaea elata (tall bugbane), Actaea laciniata (Mt. Hood bugbane), Actaea pachypoda (white baneberry), Actaea podocarpa (mountain bugbane), Actaea racemosa (black cohosh), Actaea rubifolia (Appalachian bugbane), Actaea rubra (red baneberry) - selected species; Actaea × ludovici - selected nothospecies
References
Actaea (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Actaea (Ranunculaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Actaea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Actaea at USDA Plants database
- Actaea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Actaea at the Catalogue of Life
- Actaea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Actaea at The Plant List
Etymology 2
The nereid Actaea, Ἁκταία, from Ancient Greek ἁκτή (haktḗ, “coast, shore”) + -a
Proper noun
Actaea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Xanthidae – various mud crabs.
- (astronomy) The moon of the possible dwarf planet Salacia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Malacostraca – class; Eumalacostraca – subclass; Eucarida – superorder; Decapoda – order; Pleocyemata – suborder; Brachyura – infraorder; Eubrachyura – section; Heterotremata – subsection; Xanthoidea – superfamily; Xanthidae – family; Actaeinae
Hyponyms
- (genus): For species see Actaea (crab) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Actaea (crab) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Actaea (Xanthidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Xanthidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Actaea at World Register of Marine Species
- Actaea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Actaea at the Catalogue of Life
- Actaea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Actaea at Paleobiology Database