Ephedraceae

Ephedra Tourn. ex L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1040 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Europe, Macaronesia to Himalaya and Russian Far East, W. Central U.S.A. to Mexico, Ecuador to S. South.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, Baleares, Bolivia, Brazil South, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nevada, New Mexico, North Caucasus, Oklahoma, Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Sahara, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Christenhusz, M.J.M., Fay, M.F. & Chase, M.W. (2017). Plants of the World. An illustrated encyclopedia of vascular plants: 1-792. Kew Publishing, The university of Chicago Press.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Flora of Somalia

  • Cuf. Enum.: 2 (1953)
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Freitag & Maier-Stolte in Kew Bull. 58: 415–426 (2003).
  • Freitag & Maier-Stolte in Taxon 38: 545–556 (1989)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 26, 1991 Nigel, Maxted [8233], Uzbekistan K000459328 No
Jul 1, 1895 Mulford, A.I. [187], USA K000459461 No
Peru 46269.000 No
Todd, H.G. [1004], Greece K000455899 No
Todd, H.G. [1004], Turkey K000455901 No
Wrigley, T.C. [1311], Yugoslavia K000456014 No
Houska, J. [s.n.] K000456007 No
s.coll. [s.n.], Greece K000456005 No
s.coll. [892] K000454958 No
Alston, A.H.G. [372], Greece K000456018 No
Nicholson, G. [4046], France K000456015 No
Rico, L. [1631], Bolivia K000295246 No
Gamble, J.S. [28218], Gibraltar K000455983 No
Rico, L. [1660], Bolivia K000295494 No
Cuezzo, A. [1954], Argentina K000459620 No
Furse, P. [5881], Afghanistan K000459321 No
Rico, L. [1556], Bolivia K000295295 No
Todd, H.G. [1004], Greece K000455900 No
Munro, William [144], Ukraine K000455954 No

Sources

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0