Artemisia
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Artemisia is a genus of plants belonging to the daisy family that includes hundreds of species found across the world. It matters because many artemisia species have been used traditionally for medicine and flavoring, and some—particularly artemisia annua—have gained scientific attention for potential therapeutic applications.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Artemisiinae
- Named after
- Artemisia II of Caria
- Image
- Wormwood.jpg
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Artemisia (/ˌɑːrtəˈmiːziə/ art-ə-MEE-zee-ə) is a large, diverse genus of plants belonging to the daisy family, Asteraceae, with almost 500 species. Common names for various species in the genus include mugwort, wormwood, and sagebrush.
Some botanists split the genus into several genera, but DNA analysis does not support the maintenance of the genera Crossostephium, Filifolium, Neopallasia, Seriphidium, and Sphaeromeria; three other segregate genera—Stilnolepis, Elachanthemum, and Kaschgaria—are maintained by this evidence. Occasionally, some of the species are called sages, causing confusion with the Salvia sages in the family Lamiaceae.