Artemisia (genus)

Artemisia
	Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Supertribe:	Asterodae
Tribe:	Anthemideae
Genus:	Artemisia; L.
Type species
	Artemisia vulgaris; L.
Synonyms
	Absinthium Mill.; Chamartemisia Rydb.; Oligosporus Cass.; Artemisiastrum Rydb.; Artanacetum (Rzazade) Rzazade; Abrotanum Mill.; Draconia Heist. ex Fabr.; Artemisia subg. Seriphidium Less.; Hydrophytum Eschw.; Seriphidium (Besser ex Less.) Fourr.; Dracunculus Ruppr. ex Ledeb. 1845, illegitimate homonym, not Dracunculus Mill. 1754 (Araceae);

Artemisia is a large genus of plants, with between 250 and 500 species. Most of them grow in temperate zones on the northern hemisphere. The genus belons to the family Asteraceae. Example species in aremisia are mugwort (A. vulgaris), Wormwood, or Sagebrush.

References

↑ 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Artemisia vulgaris". Global Compositae Checklist.^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen

[GCC-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Artemisia vulgaris". Global Compositae Checklist.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Artemisia

Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Supertribe:	Asterodae
Tribe:	Anthemideae
Genus:	Artemisia L.
Type species
Artemisia vulgaris L.
Synonyms^[2]
Absinthium Mill. Chamartemisia Rydb. Oligosporus Cass. Artemisiastrum Rydb. Artanacetum (Rzazade) Rzazade Abrotanum Mill. Draconia Heist. ex Fabr. Artemisia subg. Seriphidium Less. Hydrophytum Eschw. Seriphidium (Besser ex Less.) Fourr. Dracunculus Ruppr. ex Ledeb. 1845, illegitimate homonym, not Dracunculus Mill. 1754 (Araceae)^[2]