Ephedra aspera pollen cones

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnetales 

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

Familia: Ephedraceae
Genus: Ephedra
Species: E. alata E. altissima E. americana E. antisyphilitica E. aphylla E. aspera E. aurantiaca E. boelckei E. botschantzevii E. breana E. brevifoliata E. californica E. chilensis E. compacta E. coryi E. cutleri E. dahurica E. dawuensis E. distachya E. equisetina E. fasciculata E. fedtschenkoae E. foeminea E. foliata E. fragilis E. frustillata E. funerea E. gerardiana E. glauca E. gracilis E. holoptera E. intermedia E. kardangensis E. khurikensis E. laristanica E. lepidosperma E. likiangensis E. lomatolepis E. major E. milleri E. minuta E. monosperma E. multiflora E. nevadensis E. ochreata E. oxyphylla E. pachyclada E. pangiensis E. pedunculata E. pentandra E. procera E. przewalskii E. pseudodistachya E. regeliana E. rhytidosperma E. rituensis E. rupestris E. sarcocarpa E. saxatilis E. sinica E. somalensis E. strobilacea E. sumlingensis E. tilhoana E. torreyana E. transitoria E. triandra E. trifurca E. trifurcata E. tweedieana E. viridis E. vvedenskyi

Nothospecies: E. × arenicola E. × eleutherolepis

Source(s) of checklist: 

Name

Ephedra L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1040 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 462 (1754).

  • Lectotype species: Ephedra distachya L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1040 (1753) (designated by M.L.Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 192 (1929).)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Chaetocladus J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 161 (1866).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Ephedra
  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland.
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
    • Eastern Europe
      • Krym, East European Russia, South European Russia, Ukraine.
  • Africa
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands, Madeira.
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Mali, Mauritania.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan.
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Siberia
      • Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
    • Russian Far East
      • Primorye.
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan.
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States, Kuwait,Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
    • China
      • China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang.
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia.
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
  • Northern America
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado, Oregon, Wyoming.
    • North-Central U.S.A.
      • Oklahoma.
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah.
    • South-Central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico, Texas.
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest.
  • Southern America
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Brazil
      • Brazil South.
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Uruguay.

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

беларуская: Хвойнік
Deutsch: Meerträubel
Ελληνικά: Πολυκόμπιο
English: Ephedra
فارسی: ریش بز
suomi: Efedrat
עברית: שרביטניים
magyar: Csikófark
italiano: Éfedra
日本語: マオウ
русский: Хвойник
svenska: Efedror
Türkçe: Deniz üzümü
Tiếng Việt: Chi Ma hoàng
中文: 麻黄
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