Asteraceae
Artemisia

Artemisia afra Jacq. ex Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1820 (1803)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Central Ethiopia to S. Africa. It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Germany

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bally, P.R.O. [B11612] Tanzania K002302438 Yes
Davies, R.M. [M9] Tanzania K002302413 Yes
Wesche, K. [1053] Uganda K002302405 Yes
Long, F.R. [1397] South Africa K002302603 Yes
Muschler [s.n.] K002303541 Yes
Adlard, P.G. [353] Malawi K002302533 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15026] Kenya K002302479 Yes
Borges, A.; Rey, H.; Constantino, A. [411] Angola K002302550 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001737791 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [2747] Tanzania K002302456 Yes
McClounie, J. [187] K002302384 Yes
s.coll. [1553] K001737799 Yes
[J. W. Pitt] [546] Tanzania K002302524 Yes
Rammell, J.C. [1059] Kenya K002302485 Yes
Dieterlen, A. [96] Lesotho K002302567 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002302572 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1519] South Africa K002302583 Yes
Zebedayo, Z. [24] Tanzania K002302453 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [648] South Africa K002302617 Yes
Edwards, D. [2018] South Africa K002302614 Yes
Hedberg, O. [5516] Ethiopia K002302391 Yes
Rogers, C.G. [163] Tanzania K002302441 Yes
Johnson, S.M. [1265] South Africa K002302579 Yes
Baur, R. [s.n.] K002302566 Yes
Leeman, A.C. [128] South Africa K002302615 Yes
Dale, I.R. [M49] Uganda K002302407 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002302574 Yes
Hislop, A. [412] Zimbabwe K002302545 Yes
Meyer, F.G. [8756] Ethiopia K002302389 Yes
[Medical Officer] [10] Tanzania K002302450 Yes
Greenway [3803] Tanzania K002302508 No
McClean, B. [91] South Africa K002302565 Yes
Hislop, A. [412] Zimbabwe K002302546 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Hale, M. [B4055] Kenya K002302418 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [45] K002302457 Yes
Kayombo, C.J. [502] Tanzania K002302462 Yes
Bryant, E.G. [D 96] South Africa K002302596 Yes
Pichi Sermolli, R.E.G. [5029] Tanzania K002302495 Yes
Jacobsz, M.L. [146] South Africa K002302588 Yes
Peter, G.A. [53454] Tanzania K002302446 Yes
Major E. J.; Lugard, C. [465] Kenya K002302427 Yes
Furness, H.D.; Phillipson, P.B. [293] South Africa K002302609 Yes
{G. W. St.-C. Thompson} [943] Tanzania K002302516 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [8384] Tanzania K002302514 No
s.coll. [2873] K002302561 Yes
Peter, G.A. [54268] Tanzania K002302452 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [2220] Tanzania K002302510 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Synge, A.H.M. [WC26] Malawi K002302534 Yes
Merwe, C.V.D. [2338] South Africa K002302590 Yes
Grabner, J. [363] Tanzania K002302520 Yes
Wood, J.M. [526] South Africa K001737796 Yes
J. Ka[iiner] [868] Kenya K002302488 Yes
van Zinderen Bakker, E.M. [928] Kenya K002302490 Yes
Smith, P.A. [3458] Botswana K002302540 Yes
Gossweiler [10729] Angola K002302553 Yes
Smook, L. [7188] Lesotho K002302610 Yes
Goossens, A.P. [648] South Africa K002302616 Yes
Thom; C.B.S. [142] K002302595 Yes
Jacobs, M. [8547] South Africa K002302600 Yes
Peter, G.A. [53224] Tanzania K002302445 Yes
Rehmann, A. [3786] South Africa K001737795 Yes
Teague, A.J. [92] Zimbabwe K002302542 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002302570 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [6189] Kenya K002302417 Yes
Smith, S.A.L.; Beentje, H.J.; Muasya, A.M. [174] Kenya K002302415 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [10662] Malawi K002302531 Yes
s.coll. [[B91]] South Africa K002302592 Yes
Mabberley, D.J.; McCall [241] Kenya K001737790 Yes
Friis, I.; Michelsen, A.; Demissew, S. [5766] Ethiopia K002302388 Yes
Siame, W. [225] Zambia K002302536 Yes
kisena [1367] Tanzania K002302443 Yes
Lye, K.A.; Pócs, T. [23061] Uganda K002302404 Yes
Kässner, T. [984] Kenya K002302489 Yes
Shabani [1056] Tanzania K002302498 Yes
Norman, E.M. [301] Uganda K002302410 Yes
{Rob. E.; Th. C. E. Fries} [s.n.] Kenya K002302484 Yes
Raynal, J. [19532] Tanzania K002302497 Yes
Grimshaw, J. [JMG94141] Tanzania K002302431 Yes
Lovett, P.; Kayombo, C. [83] Tanzania K002302463 Yes
Hedberg, O. [4325] Kenya K002302428 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [5079] Kenya K002302419 Yes
Kisena; Ruffo [131] Tanzania K002302455 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [1881] K002302601 Yes
Gedge [18] Kenya K002302483 Yes
Katende [908] Uganda K002302403 Yes
Dinter [3501] K002302611 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [4535] South Africa K002302612 Yes
Compton, R.H. [26870] K002302576 Yes
Balkwill, K.; Balkwill, M. [6365] South Africa K002302559 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [716] Tanzania K002302440 Yes
Napier, E.R. [6805] Kenya K002302470 Yes
Halliwell, B. [5132] South Africa K002302597 Yes
Suleiman, H.; Fundi, M.J. [29] Tanzania K001506002 Yes
Gillman, H. [963] Tanzania K002302458 Yes
Stolz, A. [711] Tanzania K002302523 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [908] Tanzania K002302518 Yes
[Kimani Waweru] [3/83] Kenya K002302421 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2232] Uganda K002302409 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [844] Kenya K002302492 Yes
Ruffo; Sigara [3076] Tanzania K002302434 Yes
Senga, C. [14] Tanzania K002302447 Yes
Holst, C. [9162] K001737792 Yes
Leeman, A.C. [80] South Africa K002302605 Yes
Tweedie, D.R. (Mrs); Bally, P.R.O. [4023] Kenya K002302424 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [4404] Tanzania K002302435 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [1278] Kenya K002302493 Yes
Parker, R.N. [4405] South Africa K002302573 Yes
Wilms, F. [869] South Africa K002302586 Yes
Bowie [s.n.] South Africa K002302594 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [10078] Malawi K002302530 Yes
{Rob. E.; Th. C. E. Fries} [2530] Kenya K002302486 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6405] Kenya K002302429 Yes
Peter, G.A. [53415] K002302437 Yes
Burtt, B.D. [2696] Tanzania K002302448 Yes
Sanane, M. [1431] Tanzania K002302503 Yes
Wood, J.M. [520] South Africa K001737794 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [18645] South Africa K002302585 Yes
Volkens, G. [1558] Tanzania K002302439 Yes
D'Arcy, W.G. [7390] Kenya K002302423 Yes
Cotton, A.D. [43] Tanzania K002302505 Yes
Dubois, L. [1142] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002302387 Yes
Linder [3885] Tanzania K002302519 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [13577] Kenya K002302478 Yes
Patel, I.H.; Ludlow, H.; Scott, J.; Jarman, A. [5033] Malawi K002302537 Yes
Walker, G. [1534] Kenya K002302466 Yes
Rudatis, H. [640] South Africa K002302564 Yes
[Major Lazzell] [s.n.] Kenya K002303540 Yes
s.coll. [3050] K001737797 Yes
Wells, M.G. [2459] South Africa K002302606 Yes
Tothill, J.D. [T2426] Uganda K002302414 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [3924] South Africa K002302604 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002302436 Yes
{Mrs. Dehn} [231] Zimbabwe K002302544 Yes
{Mrs. O. M. Craster} [203] Zimbabwe K002302541 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [639] South Africa K002302613 Yes
Semsei, S.R. [1676] Tanzania K002302504 Yes
s.coll. [1882] K001737800 Yes
Richards, H.M. [9672] Tanzania K002302496 Yes
Stalmans, M. [535] South Africa K002302608 Yes
Richards, M. [24003] Tanzania K002302499 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F9746] Zambia K002302535 Yes
Seydel, R. [4408] K002302584 Yes
Ruffo; Kisena [2823] Tanzania K002302460 Yes
Gossweiler [9802] Angola K002302549 Yes
Dony, J.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002717140 Yes
Germishuizen, G. [375] South Africa K002302581 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [8153] Kenya K002302471 Yes
s.coll. [10337] South Africa K002302587 Yes
Kurfoot, O. [592] Tanzania K002302517 Yes
Watt, W. [1132] Kenya K002302482 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [3949] K002302571 Yes
Harris, B.J. [542] Tanzania K002302501 Yes
Kuntze, C.E.O. [s.n.] K002302562 Yes
{Carter; Abdallah; Newton} [2411] Tanzania K002302525 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [3501] Kenya K002302491 Yes
Napier, E.R. [223] Kenya K002302468 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [5255] Ethiopia K002302390 Yes
Lugard, E.J. [77] Kenya K002302474 Yes
Balkwill, K. [9204] South Africa K002302558 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [2244] Kenya K002302420 Yes
Desfontaines, M. [P25] K002302569 Yes
Hedberg, O. [298] Kenya K002302469 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [788] Tanzania K002302449 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [Th2688] Uganda K002302408 Yes
Freidberg, A.; Kaplan, F. [35] Kenya K002302425 Yes
Pawek, J. [2114] Malawi K002302538 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [3358] Uganda K002302412 Yes
Williamson, C. [689] Lesotho K002302602 Yes
Kew, C. (Revd) [s.n.] Tanzania K002302432 Yes
[Sir] Evan James [s.n.] Kenya K002302487 Yes
[Mr. Koietschonar] [456] Tanzania K002302459 Yes
Hedberg, O. [1323] Tanzania K002302511 Yes
s.coll. [[T7/8]] Uganda K002302433 Yes
Hislop, A. [412] Zimbabwe K002302547 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Kenya K002302467 Yes
Compton, R.H. [25093] K002302577 Yes
Davis, R.M. [E36] Tanzania K002302522 Yes
Lewis, E.A. [219] Kenya K002302472 No
Semsei, S.R. [2335] Tanzania K002302454 Yes
Peter, G.A. [53847] Tanzania K002302451 Yes
Robertson [261] Tanzania K002302502 Yes
s.coll. [11776] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002302385 Yes
Bally, P.R.O. [B 8417] Kenya K002302475 Yes
Price, D.; Mwangulango, N.A.; Doggart, N. [WK145] Tanzania K002302512 Yes
de Witte [506] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002302386 Yes
Ward, C.J. [8780] South Africa K002302560 Yes
Collett, D.G. [486] K002302599 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [646] Zimbabwe K002302543 Yes
Zèyher [s.n.] K002302568 Yes
Jack, C. (Mrs) [191] Kenya K002302430 Yes
Bayliss, R.D.A. [BRIB1365] South Africa K002302591 Yes
s.coll. [3953] Angola K002302552 No
s.coll. [5087] K001737798 Yes
Ruffo; Kisena [2823] Tanzania K002302461 Yes
Seydel, R. [4251] K002302582 Yes
White, F. [2553] Zambia K002302539 Yes
Peter, G.A. [53065] Tanzania K002302444 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10157] Tanzania K002302521 Yes
Fourcade, H.G. [2633 a] South Africa K002302618 Yes
Hewlett, C. [s.n.] South Africa K002302580 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [1822] Zimbabwe K002302548 Yes
Leistner, O.A. [173] South Africa K002302578 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [638] South Africa K002302607 Yes
Mc Lea, J.H.M. [3117] South Africa K002302598 Yes
Kerfoot, O. [1769] Tanzania K002302526 Yes
Thulin, M.; Tidigs, A. [252] Kenya K002302476 Yes
Liebenberg, L.C.C. [1601] Uganda K002302406 Yes
Osmaston, H.A. [4006] Uganda K002302411 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Tanzania K002302507 Yes
Smith, C.A. [2772] South Africa K002302563 Yes
Seydel, R. [4408] Namibia K002302593 Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [241] South Africa K001737913 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.W.B.H.; Taylor, P.G. [10317] Tanzania K002302513 Yes
Frame, G.W. [97] Tanzania K002302500 Yes
[Freidbala]; Kaplan [60] Kenya K002302416 Yes
Salt, G. [31] Tanzania K002302442 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB2867] Kenya K002302464 Yes
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [9328] Kenya K002302480 Yes
Coe, M. [772] Kenya K002302494 Yes
Kokwaro, J.O. [2388] Kenya K002302481 Yes
Gardner, H.M. [s.n.] Kenya K002302465 Yes
Mwangargi, O.M.; Fosberg, F.R. [566] Kenya K002302477 Yes
Napier, E.R. [6259] Kenya K002302426 Yes
Venter, F. [759] South Africa K002302589 Yes
Strey, R.G. [6563] South Africa K002302575 Yes

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