The article about Artemisia annua in the English WP gives the Chinese name "青蒿; pinyin: qīnghāo" but the link to the Chinese WP leads to an article named "黄花蒿（学名：Artemisia annua)".I think the Chinese characters 黄花蒿 are pronounced "huanghuahao". Furthermore, when I search for "青蒿" in the Chinese WP I get still another article, where the scientific/ binomial name of 青蒿 qinghao is given as "Artemisia carvifolia", which I didn't find elsewhere.
Could someone with sufficient knowledge in English, Chinese and biology please clarify this discrepancy?
Baltshazzar (留言) 2011年7月30日 (六) 12:22 (UTC)[回复]
From this source, it states the official Chinese name for "Artemisia annua" is "黄花蒿", while in one old document 《神农本草经》, it is also commonly called "青蒿" as a Chinese herb name. This article also explains some of the name confusion and their relationship to the discovery of "青蒿素"(en:Artemisinin). Kevin (留言) 2011年9月26日 (一) 16:10 (UTC)[回复]
