Global phylogeny and taxonomy of Artemisia
Developing robust phylogenies and comprehensive taxonomies for big plant genera is crucial for unlocking plant-derived solutions to global sustainability challenges. Artemisia, a big genus comprising ~500 species, holds immense medicinal and ecological importance. Despite decades of efforts, establishing a comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomy for global Artemisia has remained a formidable challenge. Here, we reconstruct the most comprehensive phylogeny of global Artemisia to date (394 species) using a gigamatrix approach. We also analyze evolutionary patterns of 20 morphological characters of Artemisia worldwide to evaluate their taxonomic utility. Based on these findings, we propose a global taxonomy for Artemisia, recognizing 24 sections in 8 subgenera, and placing 99.6% of accepted species (502/505). This study provides a robust framework to advance understanding of the evolution and ecology of Artemisia, and to promote the sustainable utilization of its rich resources. Meanwhile, it introduces an exemplary case for taxonomic research on big genera in the genomic era.
Authors
- Joan Vallès (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-3942)
- Xiyang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0166-9681)
- Wei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6901-6375)
- Xuejun Ge
- Andrey S. Erst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4844-0254)
- Filip Verloove (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4144-2422)
- Goro Kokubugata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5677-4043)
- Meng Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0422-5552)
- Yifan Liu
- Daniel Vitales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3109-5028)
- Guang-ying Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8574-759X)
- Akiko Soejima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0013-7045)
- Tian‐Gang Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8702-9647)
- Alexey P. Seregin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1824-7453)
- Florian Jabbour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7729-1067)
- A. V. Leostrin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9269-7954)
- Bo‐Han Jiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7621-3676)
- Chen Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8572-0856)
- Jiye Zheng
- Jiahao Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3748-8083)
- Guohao Niu
Institutions
- Meise Botanic Garden (BE)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (RU)
- Beijing Botanical Garden (CN)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Institut Botànic de Barcelona (ES)
- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (FR)
- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics (CN)
- Central Siberian Botanical Garden (RU)
- Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
- National Museum of Nature and Science (JP)
- Institute of Botany (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
- China National Botanical Garden
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- Kumamoto University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64039-0
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.65
Funders
- University of Miami
- Tencent
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences