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Issue: Vol. 718 No. 1: 16 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.7
Page range: 67-71
Abstract views: 717
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Artemisia kangleipakensis (Asteraceae) is a new synonym of A. indica

State Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
State Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
State Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia; Siberian Federal Scientific Centre of Agrobiotechnologies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoobsk, 630501, Russia
State Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
State Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China; China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
India morphological variation taxonomic revision Eudicots

Abstract

The recently published species Artemisia kangleipakensis S. Sougrakpam, R. Ganesan & Y. Rajashekar is shown to be conspecific with A. indica Willd. based on combined morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence.

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How to Cite

Chen, X., Wei, M., Niu, G., Erst, T.V., Gao, T. & Jiao, B. (2025) Artemisia kangleipakensis (Asteraceae) is a new synonym of A. indica. Phytotaxa 718 (1): 67–71. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.718.1.7