Artemisia annua

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. Seriphidium
Species: Artemisia annua

Name

Artemisia annua L.

Synonyms

Artemisia annua f. macrocephala Pamp.
Artemisia chamomilla C. Winkl.
Artemisia exilis Fisch. ex DC.
Artemisia hyrcana Spreng.
Artemisia plumosa Fisch. ex Bess.
Artemisia stewartii C. B. Cl.
Artemisia suaveolens Fisch.
Artemisia wadei Edgew.

Note:

Artemisia annua Pall. = Artemisia gmelinii Weber ex Stechmann

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- - Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, European Turkey, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea, NW-, C-, E- & S-European Russia (incl. Kaliningrad region), Cyprus (N-Cyprus), European Turkey
Continental: Asie
- - N-Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Gruziya, Armenia, Azerbaijan), Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Russian Far East, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Tibet, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia: Aleppo etc., WN-Anatolia), Iran (NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran: Mts., W-Iran: Mts.), Syria (NW-Syria), Afghanistan (Badakshan, Baghlan, Bamyan, Takhar), Pakistan (Peshawar, Waziristan), NW-India (W-Himalaya)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 847. Reference page.
USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2017. Artemisia annua. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 16 2017.
The Plant List 2013. Artemisia annua in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Nov. 16.
Tropicos.org 2017. Artemisia annua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 6 Nov. 2017.
Hassler, M. 2017. Artemisia annua. 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 16. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Sweet Wormwood
español: Ajenjo dulce
suomi: Kesämaruna
français: Armoise annuelle
italiano: Artemisia annuale
한국어: 개똥쑥

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