Artemisia argyi
H.Lév. & Vaniot · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Artemisia argyi's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility927 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI16 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics20 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Artemisia argyi, commonly known as silvery wormwood or Chinese mugwort, is a herbaceous perennial plant with a creeping rhizome. It is native to China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, and the Russian Far East (Amur Oblast, Primorye).AgroAtlasFlora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 697 艾 ai Artemisia argyi H. Léveillé & Vaniot, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 138. 1910. It is known in Chinese as àicǎo () or ài yè () or ài hao (艾蒿) and in Japanese as gaiyou. It is used in herbal medicine for conditions of the liver, spleen and kidney.Acupuncture Today
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction5
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry2
Compounds documented for Artemisia argyi across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds614 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-(Z)-Nerolidol | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-1(10),4-Cadinadiene | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-3-Carene | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-3-Octanol | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-3-Thujone | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-4-Carene | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-4-Epi-cryptomeridiol | present | LOTUS | |
| (+)-alpha-Carene | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-alpha-Muurolene | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-alpha-Pinene | present | NPASS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Artemisia argyi has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Artemisia argyi carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 364×CCDB · iapt · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · eflora
2n 341×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
2n 431×CCDB · iapt
2n 451×CCDB · iapt
2n 501×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type927 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions37 of 73 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Beijing, CN | 89 |
| Yangling, CN | 72 |
| Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 66 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 58 |
| Chengdu, CN | 46 |
| Wuhan, CN | 40 |
| Kunming, CN | 35 |
| Nanjing, CN | 29 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 27 |
| ENTClocation not on record | 23 |
| SXTCMlocation not on record | 22 |
| Strecker Museum, Baylor Universitylocation not on record | 19 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 18 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 18 |
| Xining, CN | 17 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 13 |
| Beijing, CN | 13 |
| Taiyuan Normal Universitylocation not on record | 11 |
| Nanjing, CN | 10 |
| Guilin, CN | 9 |
| Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 8 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 7 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 7 |
| Awka, NG | 7 |
| Shenyang Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 6 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 6 |
| 云南省思茅市民族传统医药研究所location not on record | 5 |
| FJIDClocation not on record | 5 |
| LDlocation not on record | 5 |
| Chengdu, CN | 5 |
| Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record | 4 |
| Inner Mongolia Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Xinxiang, CN | 4 |
| Sendai, JP | 4 |
| Xiamen, CN | 4 |
| Shanxi Institute of Biologylocation not on record | 3 |
| Hebei Normal Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 3 |
| Wuhan, CN | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| 河南豫北黄河故道湿地鸟类国家级自然保护区location not on record | 2 |
| Yunnan Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Guiyang, CN | 2 |
| Saint Louis, US | 2 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 2 |
| KR | 2 |
| Xian, CN | 2 |
| Chengdu, CN | 2 |
| Shanxi Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Guiyang, CN | 2 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chongqing, CN | 2 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Tianjin Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xian, CN | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Peking Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 1 |
| ifplocation not on record | 1 |
| Zhuzhou, CN | 1 |
| SCAUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Shanghai, CN | 1 |
| Elocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Artemisia argyi was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.