Ephedra aphylla

Ephedra aphylla

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ephedraceae
Genus: Ephedra
Species: Ephedra aphylla

Name

Ephedra aphylla Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 170 (1775).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ephedra altissima Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat.: 110 (1813), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt, Libya. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Western Asia Cyprus, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Saudi Arabia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : 170.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ephedra aphylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ephedra aphylla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Ephedra aphylla. Published online. Accessed: Apr 14 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Ephedra aphylla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Apr 2020.

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