Artemisia dracunculus

Artemisia dracunculus

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. Dracunculus
Species: Artemisia dracunculus
Varietates: A. d. var. changaica – A. d. var. dracunculus – A. d. var. ladakhensis – A. d. var. pamirica – A. d. var. qinghaiensis – A. d. var. turkestanica

Name

Artemisia dracunculus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 849. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Artemisia dracunculus subsp. typica H.M.Hall & Clem. in Phylogen. Meth.: 115 (1923), not validly publ.
  • Draconia dracunculus (L.) Soják in Čas. Nár. Muz., Rada Přír. 152: 20 (1983)
  • Oligosporus dracunculus (L.) Poljakov in Trudy Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Kazakhst. S.S.R. 11: 166 (1961)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea, NW-, N- & C-European Russia Continental: Asia Siberia (W-Siberia, C-Siberia), Russian Far East, Kyrgyzstan, Java, Jammu & Kashmir (Ladakh, Zanskar, Nubra), Pakistani Kashmir (Nubra, Gilgit, Baltistan, Astor), Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab, Chitral), Vietnam, India (Himachal Pradesh), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Mauritius (introduced), China (W-Gansu, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, N-Shaanxi, N-Shanxi, Xinjiang) Continental: Northern America Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Alaska, USA (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming), Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua) Continental: Africa Morocco (c), Algeria (c) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 849. Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Artemisia dracunculus. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 17 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Artemisia dracunculus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov. 17. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2017. Artemisia dracunculus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Nov. 2017.
• Hassler, M. 2017. Artemisia dracunculus. 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 17. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Эстрагон
čeština: Pelyněk estragon
English: Tarragon
eesti: Estragonpuju
suomi: Rakuuna
français: Estragon
italiano: Dragoncello o estragone
日本語: タラゴン, エストラゴン
slovenčina: Palina dračia
slovenščina: Pehtran
Türkçe: Tarhun

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