Ephedra ciliata

Ephedra ciliata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ephedraceae
Genus: Ephedra
Species: Ephedra ciliata

Name

Ephedra ciliata Fisch. & C.A.Mey. in C.A.von Meyer, Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 5: 36 (1845).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ephedra foliata var. ciliata (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 49 (1889), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Ephedra alte C.A.Mey., Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 5: 35 (1845).
  • Ephedra foliata Boiss. ex C.A.Mey., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6: 107 (1846).
  • Ephedra asparagoides Griff., Itin. Pl. Khasyah Mts.: 340 (1848).
  • Ephedra alte Brandis, Forest Fl. N.W. India: 501 (1874).
  • Ephedra kokanica Regel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada, prepr. 6: 479 (1879).
  • Ephedra ciliata Aitch., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 187 (1882), nom. illeg.
  • Ephedra peduncularis Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 717 (1884).
  • Ephedra polylepis Boiss. & Hausskn. in P.E.Boissier, Fl. Orient. 5: 716 (1884).
    • Ephedra foliata var. polylepis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 50 (1889).
    • Ephedra ciliata var. polylepis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Riedl, Fl. Iranica, Ephedrac.: 3 (1963).
  • Ephedra foliata var. aitchisonii Stapf, Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 50 (1889).
    • Ephedra aitchisonii (Stapf) V.A.Nikitin, Fl. Tadzhiksk. S.S.R. 1: 503 (1957).
  • Ephedra rollandii Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 27: 269 (1936).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Western Sahara. Regional: West Tropical Africa Mauritania. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Turkmenistan. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Sinai. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent India, Pakistan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Meyer, C.A.v. 1845. Versuch einer Monographie der Gattung Ephedra, durch Abbildungen erläutert. Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 5(3): 33–36. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Ephedra ciliata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Ephedra ciliata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Oct 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Ephedra ciliata. Published online. Accessed: 21 Oct 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Ephedra ciliata. Accessed: 21 Oct 2023.