Ephedra americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnetales 

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

Familia: Ephedraceae
Genus: Ephedra
Species: Ephedra americana

Name

Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 860 (1806).

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Ephedra peruviana Bertero ex [Carr.], Traité Gén. Conif.: 549 (1855).
    • Ephedra americana var. humboldtii Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 85 (1889).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Southern America
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru.
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northwest, Chile North.

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

References

Primary references

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