Artemisia afra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Anthemideae
Subtribus: Artemisiinae
Genus: Artemisia
Subgenus: Artemisia subg. Ponticae
Species: Artemisia afra

Name

Artemisia afra Jacq.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa South Africa (Transvaal, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.), Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, trop. E-Africa, trop. C-Africa, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Jacquin, N.J.v. 1803. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 3(3): 1820.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2017. Artemisia afra. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 15 2017.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Artemisia afra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 15. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2017. Artemisia afra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Nov. 2017.
Hassler, M. 2017. Artemisia afra. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Nov 15. Reference page.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Wilde-als
English: African Wormwood
Sesotho: Zengana (S)
Setswana: Lengana
Türkçe: Acı Pelin
isiXhosa: umhlonyane
isiZulu: mhlonyane

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