Actaea spicata Linnaeus var. alba Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 504. 1753, nom. utique rej.
"Habitat in nemoribus Europae." RCN: 3830.
Type not designated.
Original material: Herb. Burser X: 11? (UPS); [icon] in Cornut, Canad. Pl. Hist.: 76, 77. 1635; [icon] in Morison, Pl. Hist. Univ. 2: 8, s. 1, t. 2, f. 7. 1680.
Current name: Actaea spicata L. ( Ranunculaceae).