Ephedra alata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnetales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Classis: Gnetopsida Ordo: Gnetales

Familia: Ephedraceae
Genus: Ephedra
Species: Ephedra alata
Subspecies: E. a. subsp. alata – E. a. subsp. alenda – E. a. subsp. monjauzeana

Name

Ephedra alata Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. sér. 2, 2: 239. 1834.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Ephedra alata var. decaisnei Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): t. 1/1. 1889, nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Mali, Mauritania.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Saudi Arabia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Ephedra alata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar 7.

USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ephedra alata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 7 Jun 2006.

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