What is Aconitum?
{{Taxobox | name = Monkshood | image = Aconitum variegatum 110807f.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''Aconitum variegatum'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Ranunculales]] | familia = [[Ranunculaceae]] | genus = '''''Aconitum''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]], 1753 }} '''Aconitum''', known as '''aconite''', '''monkshood''', '''wolfsbane''', '''leopard's bane''', '''women's bane''', '''Devil's helmet''' or '''blue rocket''', is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]] belonging to the buttercup family ([[Ranunculaceae]]). There are over 250 [[species]] of ''Aconitum''. [[File:Monnikskap (Aconitum), 07-09-2024. (actm.).jpg|thumb| Empty seed pod.]] {{commonscat}} {{wikispecies|Aconitum}} {{taxonbar|from=Q155904}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Ranunculales]] {{biology-stub}}