Ephedra alata

Taxonavigation

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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

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

Synonyms

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

Distribution

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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

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