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Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 18(2): 203-204, 2011 (December) - Short communication 
© 2011 Bangladesh Association of Plant Taxonomists 

VALIDATION OF THE NAME ARTEMISIA ANOMALA S. MOORE VAR. 
ACUMINATISSIMA Y. R. LING (ASTERACEAE) 

 
WANG ZEHUAN AND PENG HUA1 

 

Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, China. 
 

Keywords: Artemisia; Asteraceae; Nomenclature; Validation. 
 
 During the research on Asteraceae, we found that Artemisia anomala S. Moore var. 
acuminatissima Y. R. Ling is not a validly published name under the Article 37.1 of the 
International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (McNeill et al., 2006). Two collections, X. X. Yang 
16777 and H. Migo  s.n. were cited for Artemisia anomala var. acuminatissima, but neither of 
them was designated as the type of the name of this variety in the protologue (Ling, 1992). 
Furthermore, these specimens could not be found in herbaria PE or NAS. To enable the formal use 
of the name, Artemisia anomala var. acuminatissima is validated herein by the designation of 
another specimen in KUN as the holotype. 
 As the name and validating diagnosis are ascribed to Ling (1992), according to the Article 
46.2, Y. R. Ling is the author of the name Artemisia anomala var. acuminatissima. 

 
Validation 
 Artemisia anomala S. Moore var. acuminatissima Y. R. Ling, var. nov. TYPE: China, 
Zhejiang Province: Hangzhou, southeastern slope of Ju-lai-feng, in forest, 26 Sep. 1958, 
anonymous 1214 (holotype: KUN). 
 Validating diagnosis was provided by Y. R. Ling in Guihaia 12(2): 104 (1992). 
 Artemisia anomala var. acuminatissima is similar to Artemisia anomala S. Moore var. 
anomala, both of them have glabrescent leaves, which distinguish them from another variety of 
this species, Artemisia anomala S. Moore var. tomentella Hand.-Mazz. While A. anomala var. 
acuminatissima and A. anomala S. Moore var. anomala differs from each other in the shape and 
size of their leaves. A. anomala var. acuminatissima differs from A. anomala S. Moore var. 
anomala in its elliptic-lanceolate or lanceolate leaves with a length of 18-22 cm, while is ovate, 
ovate-elliptic, or ovate-lanceolate leaves with a length of 9-15 cm of in the latter. 
 Artemisia anomala var. acuminatissima is known from South China, occurring in Anhui, 
Jiangxi and Zhejiang Province, and grows at low elevations along forest margins or roadsides. 
 
Acknowledgements 
 We are grateful to Dr. Xiang Chunlei (KUN) for his valuable comments on the manuscript.  
 
1Corresponding author: E-mail: hpeng@mail.kib.ac.cn 

 



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References 
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McNeill, J., Barrie, F.R., Burdet, H.M., Demoulin, V., Hawksworth, D.L., Marhold, K., Nicolson, D.H., 

Prado, J., Silva, P.C., Skog, J.E., Wiersema, J.H. and Turland, N.J. (eds.) 2006. International Code of 
Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code). Adopted by the Seventeenth International Botanical Congress 
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 (Manuscript received on 10 August 2010; revised on 20 November 2011)