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Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

ambrosia corta, annual ragweed, common ragweed, ragweed, Roman wormwood, short ragweed

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Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Asterales

Family
Asteraceae

Genus
Ambrosia

Species
artemisiifolia

Taxon category: Accepted

In Stewart (1911) as Ambrosia artemisiaefolia.

Taxon origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduced status: Human dependent

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
  • Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
  • Lawesson, J.E. (1987) Plantas exóticas en las Islas Galápagos, un resumen. Memorias. Taller sobre investigación Botánica y manejo en Galápagos. Pg. 17-23.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ambrosia artemisiifolia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15474. Accessed 7 May 2024.