Artemisia (genus)
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 belongs to the family Asteraceae. Example species in artemisia are mugwort (A. vulgaris), Wormwood, or Sagebrush.
| Artemisia | |
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| Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Supertribe: | Asterodae |
| Tribe: | Anthemideae |
| Genus: | Artemisia L. |
| Type species | |
| Artemisia vulgaris L.
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Artemisia (genus) Media
Artemisia annua crop in Beaver West Virginia
Artemisia californica (California sagebrush) leaves
Artemisia mauiensis (Maui wormwood)
Artemisia nilagirica (Nilagiri wormwood)
Artemisia pontica (Roman wormwood)
Artemisia pycnocephala (beach sagewort) flowers
References
- ↑ 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Artemisia vulgaris". Global Compositae Checklist.[dead link]