Asteraceae
Artemisia

Artemisia japonica Thunb.

First published in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 3: 209 (1780)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Afghanistan to Russian Far East and Philippines. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Primorye, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Ghafoor, A. (2002). Flora of Pakistan 207: 1-172. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Koyama, H., Bunwong, S., Pornpongrungrueng, P. & Hind, D.J.N. (2016). Flora of Thailand 13(2): 143-428. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 20, 1985 Wallich, N. [3303] Bangladesh K000942036 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 20, 1985 Wallich, N. [3303] Bangladesh K000942037 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hansen, B.; Seidenfaden, G.; Smitinand, T. [10804] Thailand K002296498 Yes
Oldham, R. [422] Japan K000942091 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hu, S.Y.; But, P. [23213] Hong Kong K002295647 No
Linbo, L. [0183] China K002295648 No
s.coll. [7165] Japan K000942092 Unknown Type Material Yes
Yong, G.C. [20063-416] China K002295645 No
Furuse, M. [46129] Japan K002295638 No
Furuse, M. [47162] Japan K002295635 No
Yong, G.C. [20063-416-7] China K002295646 No
Furuse, M. [47210] Japan K002295642 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002320841 Yes
Furuse, M. [46129] Japan K002295637 No
Furuse, M. [48048] Japan K002295644 No
s.coll. [s.n.] China K000942093 Unknown Type Material Yes
Linbo, L. [0183] China K002295649 No
Balansa, B. [901] Vietnam K002296499 Yes
Poilane, M. [s.n.] K002296500 Yes
Aitchison, J.E.T. [1231] Afghanistan K002637307 Yes
Furuse, M. [28413] Japan K002295640 No
Furuse, M. [47210] Japan K002295641 No
Furuse, M. [48048] Japan K002295643 No
Furuse, M. [44783] Japan K002295636 No
Furuse, M. [33088] Japan K002295639 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images