- Family: Ephedraceae Dumort.
Ephedra Tourn. ex L.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is Europe, Macaronesia to Himalaya and Russian Far East, W. Central U.S.A. to Mexico, Ecuador to S. South.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Habit
- Slender shrubs with green twigs, usually dioecious, with opposite or whorled leaves, usually reduced to short sheaths
- Cones
- Mature female cone globose, with 1–3 seeds surrounded by 2 pairs of red or yellow fleshy bracts. Cones compound, with the cone axis bearing pairs of bracts subtending microsporangiate or ovulate shoots
- Distribution
- Genus of some 70 species of the northern hemisphere and South America.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Baleares, Bolivia, Brazil South, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nevada, New Mexico, North Caucasus, Oklahoma, Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Sahara, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia
- Ephedra alata Decne.
- Ephedra altissima Desf.
- Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Ephedra antisyphilitica Berland. ex C.A.Mey.
- Ephedra aphylla Forssk.
- Ephedra × arenicola H.C.Cutler
- Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S.Watson
- Ephedra aurantiaca Takht. & Pachom.
- Ephedra boelckei F.A.Roig
- Ephedra botschantzevii Pachom.
- Ephedra breana Phil.
- Ephedra brevifoliata Ghahr.
- Ephedra californica S.Watson
- Ephedra chilensis C.Presl
- Ephedra compacta Rose
- Ephedra coryi E.L.Reed
- Ephedra cutleri Peebles
- Ephedra dahurica Turcz.
- Ephedra dawuensis Y.Yang
- Ephedra distachya L.
- Ephedra × eleutherolepis V.A.Nikitin
- Ephedra equisetina Bunge
- Ephedra fasciculata A.Nelson
- Ephedra fedtschenkoae Paulsen
- Ephedra foeminea Forssk.
- Ephedra foliata Boiss. ex C.A.Mey.
- Ephedra fragilis Desf.
- Ephedra frustillata Miers
- Ephedra funerea Coville & C.V.Morton
- Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Klotzsch & Garcke
- Ephedra gracilis Phil. ex Stapf
- Ephedra holoptera Riedl
- Ephedra intermedia Schrenk & C.A.Mey.
- Ephedra kardangensis P.Sharma & P.L.Uniyal
- Ephedra khurikensis P.Sharma & P.L.Uniyal
- Ephedra laristanica Assadi
- Ephedra likiangensis Florin
- Ephedra lomatolepis Schrenk
- Ephedra major Host
- Ephedra milleri Freitag & Maier-St.
- Ephedra minuta Florin
- Ephedra monosperma J.G.Gmel. ex C.A.Mey.
- Ephedra multiflora Phil. ex Stapf
- Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson
- Ephedra ochreata Miers
- Ephedra oxyphylla Riedl
- Ephedra pachyclada Boiss.
- Ephedra pangiensis Rita Singh & P.Sharma
- Ephedra pedunculata Engelm. ex S.Watson
- Ephedra pentandra Pachom.
- Ephedra procera C.A.Mey.
- Ephedra przewalskii Stapf
- Ephedra pseudodistachya Pachom.
- Ephedra regeliana Florin
- Ephedra rhytidosperma Pachom.
- Ephedra rituensis Y.Yang, D.Z.Fu & G.H.Zhu
- Ephedra rupestris Benth.
- Ephedra sarcocarpa Aitch. & Hemsl.
- Ephedra saxatilis (Stapf) Royle ex Florin
- Ephedra sinica Stapf
- Ephedra somalensis Freitag & Maier-St.
- Ephedra strobilacea Bunge
- Ephedra sumlingensis P.Sharma & P.L.Uniyal
- Ephedra tilhoana Maire
- Ephedra torreyana S.Watson
- Ephedra transitoria Riedl
- Ephedra triandra Tul.
- Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S.Watson
- Ephedra trifurcata Zöllner
- Ephedra tweedieana C.A.Mey.
- Ephedra viridis Coville
- Ephedra vvedenskyi Pachom.
- Ephedra yangthangensis P.Sharma & Rita Singh
Ephedra Tourn. ex L. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 1991 | Nigel, Maxted [8233], Uzbekistan | K000459328 | ||
| Jul 1, 1895 | Mulford, A.I. [187], USA | K000459461 | ||
| Peru | 46269.000 | |||
| Alston, A.H.G. [372], Greece | K000456018 | |||
| Wrigley, T.C. [1311], Yugoslavia | K000456014 | |||
| Furse, P. [5881], Afghanistan | K000459321 | |||
| Rico, L. [1556], Bolivia | K000295295 | |||
| Rico, L. [1660], Bolivia | K000295494 | |||
| Rico, L. [1631], Bolivia | K000295246 | |||
| Nicholson, G. [4046], France | K000456015 | |||
| Gamble, J.S. [28218], Gibraltar | K000455983 | |||
| s.coll. [892] | K000454958 | |||
| s.coll. [s.n.], Greece | K000456005 | |||
| Todd, H.G. [1004], Greece | K000455899 | |||
| Todd, H.G. [1004], Greece | K000455900 | |||
| Todd, H.G. [1004], Turkey | K000455901 | |||
| Munro, William [144], Ukraine | K000455954 | |||
| Houska, J. [s.n.] | K000456007 | |||
| Cuezzo, A. [1954], Argentina | K000459620 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 1040 (1753)
Accepted by
- Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Chase, M.W. (2017). Plants of the World. An illustrated encyclopedia of vascular plants: 1-792. Kew Publishing, The university of Chicago Press.
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
Literature
Flora of Somalia
- Freitag & Maier-Stolte in Kew Bull. 58: 415–426 (2003).
- Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Freitag & Maier-Stolte in Taxon 38: 545–556 (1989)
- Cuf. Enum.: 2 (1953)
Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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