Synonyms: Actaea dahurica (homotypic); Actaea frigida; Actaea macropoda (homotypic); Actaea mairei; Actaea podocarpa (heterotypic); Actaea racemosa (heterotypic); Actinospora frigida; Actinospora wallichii; Cimicifuga cimicifuga; Cimicifuga foetida (heterotypic); Cimicifuga foetida f. brevirostris; Cimicifuga foetida f. macrocarpa; Cimicifuga foetida var. bifida; Cimicifuga foetida var. longibracteata; Cimicifuga foetida var. mairei; Cimicifuga foetida var. micrantha; Cimicifuga foetida var. velutina (homotypic); Cimicifuga frigida (homotypic); Cimicifuga mairei; Thalictrodes cimicifuga