Artemisia annua

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:

Name

Artemisia annua L., Sp. Pl. 1: 847. (1753)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • 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.

Homonyms

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: Asia
      • 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, 2nd Edition

References

Vernacular names

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