Claim · model-written summary
Artemisia princeps is present along the banks of the Fraser River in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Taxon
- Artemisia princeps
Artemisia princepse0
- Outcome
- presencee0
- Setting
- banks of the Fraser River in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canadae0
Verbatim
e0“presence of the southeast Asian species Artemisia princeps Pamp., a member of the Artemisia vulgaris complex, along the banks of the Fraser River in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada”
Title
Filip Verloove; Frank Lomer; Remko Andeweg; et al. Botany 2026. doi:10.1139/cjb-2025-0092
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation The identity of A. princeps was determined in 2011 from morphological features and later confirmed through molecular analyses.
- Observation A. princeps has established extensive populations in the region.
- Observation A. princeps was previously collected in the area in 1956 and 1989 but was misidentified as A. vulgaris.
- Observation It is likely that A. princeps was intentionally introduced for medicinal purposes by Japanese immigrants over a century ago.
- Observation In Greater Vancouver, A. vulgaris is the rarer of the two species.
- Recommendation American populations identified as A. vulgaris should be re-examined.
- Observation These are the first confirmed records of A. princeps in the New World.