RE: Cimicifuga -> Actaea rename?

Chris,
	Some of the wholesalers are calling Cimicifuga - Farfugium.....where the
heck does that fit in I wonder?
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon


-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Christopher P. Lindsey
Sent:	Tuesday, April 15, 2003 6:20 PM
To:	perennials@hort.net
Subject:	Cimicifuga -> Actaea rename?

Hi everybody,

   I'm wading through the 2003-2004 RHS Plant Finder to correct the
   nomenclature for plants in the hort.net image gallery.

   I'm up to Cimicifuga now and am not sure what to do.  I've known
   for a while that Cimicifuga was renamed to Actaea based on DNA
   evidence at Kew, but I wasn't aware that the plants didn't just
   have their genus renamed.  In some cases the specific epithet was
   changed as well.

   For example, Cimicifuga rubifolia is now called Actaea cordifolia,
   but Cimcifuga racemosa is called Actaea racemosa.  And it appears
   that C. acerina is now Actaea japonica var. acerina.

   Does anyone know what the new names are for

      Cimicifuga japonica
      Cimicifuga simplex 'White Pearl'

   I *think* that these are now

      Actaea japonica
      Actaea matsumurae 'White Pearl'

   Or better yet, does anyone have a copy of the original paper that they
   could send me?

   And to confuse things even further, the ePIC database at Kew still
   refers to them as Cimificuga in some cases.  :)

Thanks!

Chris

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