Ephedra alata

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. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Decaisne, J. 1834–1835. Enumération des plantes recuellies par M. Bové dans les deux Arabies, la Palestine, la Syrie et l'Egypte; Florula Sinaica. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Seconde série 2: 5–18 (BHL), 239–270 (BHL) (1834); 3: 257–291 (BHL), Pl. VII (BHL) (1835). Reference page. 
• Stapf, O. 1889. Die Arten der Gattung Ephedra. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 56(2): 1–112. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Ephedra alata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar 7. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ephedra alata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 7 Jun 2006.