Chromosome counts of 6 populations of 4 species in the genus Artemisia from the family Asteraceae are reported. All taxa were collected from west provinces of Iran. Three species, Artemisia fragrance, A. spicigera and A. scoparia, were not accordance with previous counts. The most of studied taxa had the basic number x=9 with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 8x, but A. incana had x=8. Both diploidy and triploidy were found for A. incana that can be regarded as the sign of new species generation. This is the first report for ploidy level 2n=8x=72 for A. spicigera.
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