Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn GRIN-Global

Taxon: Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House var. melanocarpa (A. Gray) McMinn

Summary

Genus:

Sambucus

Family:

Adoxaceae

Nomen number:

313647

Place of publication:

Man. Calif. shrubs 529. 1939

Verified:

12/09/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Sambucus racemosa L. (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. kamtschatica (E. L. Wolf) Hulten (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House var. arborescens (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House var. microbotrys (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. pubens (Michx.) House var. pubens (Michx.) Koehne (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. racemosa (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. sibirica (Nakai) H. Hara (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. sieboldiana (Miq.) H. Hara (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. sieboldiana (Miq.) H. Hara f. nakaiana Murata (0 active accession[s])
Sambucus racemosa L. subsp. sieboldiana (Miq.) H. Hara f. stenophylla (Nakai) H. Hara (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Sambucus melanocarpa A. Gray

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Reference(s)

Allred, Kelly W. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography. 2008
Bolli, R. 1994. Revision of the genus Sambucus. Diss. Bot. 223:195.
Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
Hitchcock, C. L. et al. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. 1955-1969
Little, E. L., Jr. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. 1979
Scoggan, H. J. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. 1978-1979

Common names

English
black-bead elder –
red elderberry –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia

Native
Northern America

NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Utah]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=313647. Accessed 3 August 2025.