Artemisia kawakamii, commonly known as Kawakami's mugwort, is a plant in the Artemisia genus under the Asteraceae family that is endemic to Taiwan. The plant is distributed on the Taiwan island, growing at elevations from 2,700 to 3,300 m (8,900 to 10,800 ft). It is commonly found in gravelly, open, and arid slopes. The species has yet to be cultivated.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Artemisia |
| Species: | A. kawakamii
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| Binomial name | |
| Artemisia kawakamii Hayata, 1919
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Publication of the name
editFirst published by Bunzō Hayata in Volume 8 of the Icones Plantarum Formosanarum on March 25, 1919, the holotype specimen cited was collected by Takiya Kawakami and Syuniti Sasaki on Yushan at an altitude of 2,439 meters in October 1909.[3]
Distribution and habitat
editThe species commonly grows in open areas, gravelly slopes, and dry barren slopes in Taiwan at altitudes of 2,700 to 3,300 m (8,900 to 10,800 ft).[1][2]
Description
editAn herbaceous plant with stems approximately 8 to 15 cm (3.1 to 5.9 in) in height. The base of the stem may become woody and villous when young but is often glabrous when mature. The leaves are clustered with petioles that are 0.5 to 2 cm (0.20 to 0.79 in) in length. The leaf blade is 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.57 in) in length and 1.4 to 1.8 cm (0.55 to 0.71 in) in width, broadly ovate, pinnately deep lobes with long and narrow segments 0.6 to 1 mm (0.024 to 0.039 in) in width. The adaxial surface is villous when young but becomes glabrous when mature. The abaxial surface is covered with dense white hairs. The capitulum is globose-campanulate arranged in raceme on the inflorescence axis. The involucre is purple and sparsely hairy. The ligulate flowers are female and the corolla is glabrous measuring 1.5 mm (0.059 in) in height, while the corolla of the bisexual flowers is approximately 2 mm (0.079 in) in height. The fruit is a long, elliptic achene, 1.4 mm (0.055 in) in length with clustered hairs at the apex. The flowering period is from June to October.[1][2]
Conservation status
editThe Red List of Vascular Plants of Taiwan, 2017: Least concerned[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c 鐘, 詩文 (2018). 台灣原生植物全圖鑑. 臺北市: 貓頭鷹. p. 214. ISBN 978-986-262-358-9.
- ^ a b c 鄭, 武燦 (2000). 臺灣植物圖鑑. 臺北市: 茂昌. p. 1193. ISBN 957-8981-62-7.
- ^ a b 早田, 文藏 (1919). 臺灣植物圖譜(第八卷). 東京: 台灣總督府殖產局. p. 65.
- ^ 臺灣植物紅皮書編輯委員會 (2017). "2017 臺灣維管束植物紅皮書名錄" (PDF). 2017 臺灣維管束植物紅皮書名錄. 行政院農業委員會特有生物研究保育中心. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2023-05-25.