Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 988 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic America to U.S.A. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine, has social uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Introduced into:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Egypt, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Netherlands, New South Wales, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Queensland, Romania, Sakhalin, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Western Australia, Yugoslavia, Zambia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • (2013). https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/V38fC5Rg7SM7AW8CzfGZW. epublication.
  • (2022). https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.73688. epublication.
  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Flora of China Editorial Committee (1988-2013). Checklist & Addendum. Flora of China Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Asteraceae. Flora of North America North of Mexico 21: 1-616. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
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  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Malyschev, L.I., Peshkova, G.A. & Baikov, K.S. (eds.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 14: 1-210. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
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  • Ri͡abinina, Z.N. & Kni͡azev, M.S. (2009). Opredelitel sosudistykh rastenii Orenburgskoi oblasti: 1-757. Moskva: KMK.
  • Singh, N.P. & al. (eds.) (2002). Flora of Mizoram 1: 1-845. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. (2014). Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, ed. 2: 1-610. CNRS Publication.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Germán Torres-Morales (Originador, Editor), Laura Nova (Originador), Jhon Estupián (Editor), Lina García (Contacto del recurso). Lista de especies de plantas y murciélagos de la cuenca del río Claro, Antioquia. 2746 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_rioclaro_faunaflora_201
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2012 Gardner, G. [5526] Brazil K000895502 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Prater] [132] Jamaica K002903118 Yes
Bell, C.R. [14110] United States K002902815 Yes
Brace [501] Bahamas, The K002903110 Yes
Spruce, R. [417] Brazil K001058998 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [4780] Brazil K001031191 Yes
Fernald, M.L. [2898] United States K002902813 Yes
Bartlett, H.H. [1423] United States K002902806 Yes
Collins, F.S. [299] Bermuda K002902829 Yes
Hinds, R.B. [s.n.] K002903107 Yes
Wright [s.n.] Jamaica K002903117 Yes
Gouan [s.n.] K001031193 Yes
Poeppig [s.n. ] Cuba K002903113 Yes
{Drummond} [s.n.] United States K002902811 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002902817 Yes
Ule, E. [5407] Brazil K001031190 Yes
Sintenis, P. [1966] Puerto Rico K002903120 Yes
Fernald, M.L. [2897] United States K002902814 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001058997 Yes
Lindheimer, F.J. [858] United States K002902823 Yes
Biedel [s.n.] Brazil K000895501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Glaziou [4031] Brazil K001031194 Yes
{Drummond} [160] United States K002902822 Yes
Dancer, T. [s.n.] Jamaica K002903119 Yes
Berlandier, J.L. [3039] Mexico K001306362 No
Castellanos, A. [23474] Brazil K001031197 Yes
Brown, S.; Britton, N.L. [73] Bermuda K002902827 Yes
Vauthier [s.n.] Brazil K001031198 Yes
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K001058996 Yes
Miers, J. [3711] Brazil K001031196 Yes
Browe, F.R. [143A] United States K002902818 Yes
Eggers [4395] Bahamas, The K002903111 Yes
Tweedie [s.n.] Brazil K001031192 Yes
Lindheimer, F.J. [859] United States K002902819 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [1404] United States K002902803 Yes
{Drummond} [s.n.] United States K002902810 Yes
{Drummond} [152] United States K002902824 Yes
Allen, K.; Wise, R. [8362v97] United States K002902807 Yes
Harris [s.n.] Mexico K001306361 No
Gouan [s.n.] Haiti K001031420 Yes
{Sartwell} [s.n.] United States K002902816 Yes
Wilson, P. [8412] Bahamas, The K002903112 Yes
Fredholm, A. [6341] United States K002902804 Yes
Trail, J.W.H. [478] Brazil K001058995 Yes
Heller, A.A. [s.n.] United States K002902820 Yes
[Rurdie] [s.n.] Jamaica K002903116 Yes
Anderson [s.n.] K002903108 Yes
Eiten, G. [7893] Brazil K001031200 Yes
{Schweinitz} [s.n.] United States K002902821 Yes
Brace [509] Bahamas, The K002903109 Yes
Hoehne, W. [s.n.] Brazil K001031199 Yes
Gay, J. [s.n.] K001031195 Yes
s.coll. [53] Bermuda K002902828 Yes
Fredholm, A. [5476] United States K002902805 Yes
Pruski, J. [3964] United States K002902812 Yes
Lindheimer, F. [429] United States K002902825 Yes
Schuette, J.H. [s.n.] United States K002902826 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n. ] United States K002902808 Yes
Perkins, J.R. [1239] Jamaica Ambrosia monophylla K002903132 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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