Artemisia annua

Artemisia annua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Artemisia
Species:	A. annua
Binomial name
	Artemisia annua; L.
Synonyms
	Artemisia chamomilla C.Winkl.

Artemisia annua, also known as sweet wormwood,^[2] sweet annie, sweet sagewort, annual mugwort^[3] or annual wormwood, is a common type of wormwood native to temperate Asia, but naturalized in many countries including scattered parts of North America.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

An extract of A. annua, called artemisinin (or artesunate), is a medication used to treat malaria.^[8] Discovery of artemisinin and its antimalarial properties by the Chinese scientist Tu Youyou led to the award of the 2011 Lasker Prize and 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.^[9]

^ The Plant List Artemisia annua L.
^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 359. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^ Flora of China Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 523 Sweet Annie, sweet sagewort, armoise annuelle Artemisia annua Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 847. 1753.
^ Flora of China Vol. 20–21 Page 691 黄花蒿 huang hua hao Artemisia annua Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 847. 1753
^ Flora of Pakistan
^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Assenzio annuale Artemisia annua L.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua L.)". Drugs.com. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
^ "Youyou Tu – Facts and biography: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015". The Nobel Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

[1] The Plant List Artemisia annua L.

[2] English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 359. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.

[BSBI07-3] BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

[4] Flora of China Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 523 Sweet Annie, sweet sagewort, armoise annuelle Artemisia annua Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 847. 1753.

[5] Flora of China Vol. 20–21 Page 691 黄花蒿 huang hua hao Artemisia annua Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 847. 1753

[6] Flora of Pakistan

[7] Altervista Flora Italiana, Assenzio annuale Artemisia annua L.^{[permanent dead link]}

[drugs-8] "Sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua L.)". Drugs.com. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

[nobel-9] "Youyou Tu – Facts and biography: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015". The Nobel Foundation. 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

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