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Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 988.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Asterales
family
Asteraceae
genus
Ambrosia
species
Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Name

Synonyms
Ambrosia artemisiaefolia var. diversifolia Piper
Ambrosia artemisiaefolia var. elatior (L.) Descourt.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia f. artemisiifolia
Ambrosia artemisiifolia f. gracilissima D.Cirtu & M.Cirtu
Ambrosia artemisiifolia f. villosa Fernald & Griscom
Ambrosia artemisiifolia subsp. artemisiifolia
Ambrosia artemisiifolia subsp. diversifolia Piper
Ambrosia artemisiifolia subsp. elatior (L.) Descourt.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. diversifolia Piper
Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. elatior (L.) Descourt.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. jamaicensis Griseb.
Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. octocornis Kuntze
Ambrosia artemisiifolia var. quadricornis Kuntze
Ambrosia chilensis Hook. & Arn.
Ambrosia diversifolia (Piper) Rydb.
Ambrosia elata Salisb.
Ambrosia elatior L.
Ambrosia elatior f. aurea Priszter
Ambrosia elatior f. elatior
Ambrosia elatior subsp. elatior
Homonyms
Ambrosia artemisiifolia Besser
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.
Common names
Alsemambrosia in Dutch
Ambroise élevée in French
Ambroisie a feuilles d'armoise in French
Ambroisie a feuilles d'armoise in French
Ambroisie a feuilles d'armoise in French
Ambroisie à feuilles d'armoise, Ambroise élevée, Ambroisie annuelle in French
Ambrosia in Dutch
Ambrosia con foglie di artemisia in Italian
Ambrosia con foglie di artemisia in Italian
Ambrosia con foglie di artemisia in Italian
Annual Ragweed in English
Annual Ragweed in language.
Annual Ragweed in language.
Annual Ragweed in English
Annual ragweed in English
Artemisa (ES) in language.
Artemisa (ES) in language.
Aufrechtes Traubenkraut in German
Aufrechtes Traubenkraut in German
Aufrechtes Traubenkraut in German
Beifuß-Ambrosie in German
Beifußambrosie in German
Beifußambrosie in German
Beifußblättriges Traubenkraut in German
Bitterweed in English
Bitterweed in English
Bratlys in Welsh
Bynke-ambrosie in Danish
Common Ragweed in English
Common Ragweed in English
Hohe Ambrosie (DE); Altamisa in language.
Hohe Ambrosie (DE); Altamisa in language.
Low Ragweed in English
Low Ragweed in English
Ragweed in English
Ragweed in English
Ragweed in English
Ragweed in English
Ragweed (EN) in language.
Ragweed (EN) in language.
Roman Wormwood in English
Roman Wormwood in English
Roman Wormwood, Ragweed, Hog-weed in English
Roman Wormwood, Ragweed, Hog-weed in English
Roman wormwood in English
Roman wormwood, Ragweed, Hog-weed in English
Roman-wormwood in English
Roman-wormwood in English
Short Ragweed in English
Short Ragweed in English

Bibliographic References

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  3. Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe DAISIE (2003-2016) Alien Species Database. http://www.europe-aliens.org (accessed 2016). http://www.europe-aliens.org
  4. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation EPPO (2016) EPPO list of invasive alien plants. http://www.eppo.int/INVASIVE_PLANTS/ias_lists.htm (accessed 2016). http://www.eppo.int/INVASIVE_PLANTS/ias_lists.htm
  5. GB Non-native Species Secretariat (2016) GB Non-native Species Information Portal. https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm (accessed 2016). https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm
  6. Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG (2016) Global Invasive Species Database. http://www.issg.org/database (accessed 2016). http://www.issg.org/database
  7. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  8. Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 2. Salvius, Stockholm.
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  10. Naturalis (2005-2016) Nederlands Soortenregister, version 2.0. http://www.nederlandsesoorten.nl (accessed 2016). http://www.nederlandsesoorten.nl
  11. North European and Baltic Network on Invasive Alien Species NOBANIS (2016) Gateway to Information on Invasive Alien species in North and Central Europe. http://www.nobanis.org (accessed 2016). http://www.nobanis.org
  12. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021ia), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=AMAR2
  13. Verloove, F. (2006) Catalogue of neophytes in Belgium (1800-2005). Scripta Botanica Belgica, 39, 1-89. http://alienplantsbelgium.be/sites/alienplantsbelgium.be/files/tabel_2.pdf
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