The identity of Artemisia brevis (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) from Xinjiang, China

XIN-QIANG GUO; LONG WANG; QIN-ER YANG

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.543.1.7

Issue: Vol. 543 No. 1: 8 April 2022

Type: Article

Published: 2022-04-08

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.543.1.7

Page range: 73–81

Abstract views: 25

PDF downloaded: 1

**The identity of Artemisia brevis (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) from Xinjiang, China**

XIN-QIANG GUO⁺⁻
LONG WANG⁺⁻
QIN-ER YANG⁺⁻

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China, Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China, Center of Conservation Biology, Core Botanical Gardens, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, Guangdong, China

Eudicots Artemisia argyrophylla Artemisia argyrophylla var. brevis Artemisia rupestris Compositae new synonymy taxonomy

Requires Subscription or Fee PDF (9MB)

Abstract

Critical observations on herbarium specimens (including type material) and living plants in the wild indicate that Artemisia brevis (= A. argyrophylla var. brevis) (Asteraceae, Anthemideae), described from Xinjiang in China, differs remarkably from A. argyrophylla but is not essentially different from A. rupestris, an easily recognizable species quite common in Xinjiang. We therefore place A. brevis and A. argyrophylla var. brevis in synonymy with A. rupestris.

References

Hu, S.Y. (1965) The Compositae of China. Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum 18: 1–136.
Jarvis, E.C. & Turland, N.J. (1998) Typification of Linnaean specific and varietal names in the Compositae (Asteraceae). Taxon 47: 347–370.  https://doi.org/10.2307/1223764
Ledebour, C.F. von (1833) Artemisia Linn. In: Ledebour, C.F. von, Bunge, A. & Meyer, C.A. (Eds.) Flora Altaica, vol. 4. G. Reimer, Berlin, pp. 60–88.
Ling, Y.R. (1988) The Chinese Artemisia Linn.––The classification, distribution and application of Artemisia Linn. in China. Bulletin of Botanical Research (Harbin) 8 (4): 1–61.
Ling, Y.R. (1991) Artemisia L. In: Ling, Y. & Ling, Y.R. (Eds.) Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, vol. 76(2). Science Press, Beijing, pp. 1–253.
Ling, Y.R., Humphries, C.J. & Gilbert, M.G. (2011) Artemisia L. In: Wu, Z.Y., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. (Eds.) Flora of China, vol. 20–21. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, pp. 676–737.
Linnaeus, C. (1753) Species Plantarum. L.Salvius, Holmia [Stockholm], 1200 pp.
Pampanini, R. (1938) Artemisie asiatiche nuove. Rendiconti del Seminario della Facoltà di Scienze dell’Università di Cagliari 8: 165–167.
Pampanini, R. (1939) Materiali per lo studio delle Artemisie asiatiche (IV). Nuovo Gionale Botanico Italiano (Nouva serie) 46: 551–599.  https://doi.org/10.1080/11263503909440577
Poljakov, P.P. (1961) Artemisia L. In: Komarov, V.L. (Ed.) Flora of the U.S.S.R., vol. 26. Izdatel’stvo Akademi Nauk SSSR, Moskva-Leningrad, pp. 425–631.
Wei, Y. (1999) Artemisia L. In: An, Z.X. (Ed.) Flora Xinjiangensis, vol. 5. Xinjiang Science & Technology & Hygiene Publishing House, Ürümqi, pp. 146–189.
Wu, Y.H. (2008) The Vascular Plants and their Eco-Geographical Distribution of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Science Press, Beijing, 1369 pp.