Artemisia abrotanum L.

Artemisia abrotanum L.

Placement status: name or taxon excluded (unspecific)

Synonymy

    Status

    Alien / Non-established

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

    Notes

    Native to SW Asia. In Europe formerly cultivated in gardens as a spice and medicinal plant. For Greece only mentioned by Halácsy (1902: 74) as cultivated in gardens (not escaped from cultivation), based on statements by Fraas 1845: 207 and Heldreich 1882: 45).

    References:
    • Fraas C. 1845: Synopsis plantarum florae classicae oder: Uebersichtliche Darstellung der in den klassischen Schriften der Griechen und Römer vorkommenden Pflanzen, nach autoptischer Untersuchung im Florengebiete entworfen und nach Synonymen geordnet. – München: E.A. Fleischmann.
    • Halácsy, E. von 1902: Conspectus Florae Graecae, 2. - 612 pp., Leipzig: Engelmann.
    • Heldreich Th.von 1882: Flore de l’île de Céphalonie ou catalogue des plantes qui croissent naturellement et se cultivent le plus fréquemment dans cette île redigé d’après les indications des auteurs et ses propres observations. – Lausanne: G. Bridel.

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