- Family:
- Ephedraceae Dumort.
- Genus:
- Ephedra Tourn. ex L.
Ephedra fragilis Desf.

[EDGE]
Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.
- Conservation
- Ephedra fragilis is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of -8.51, which places it in position 1023 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 4.02, ranked 956. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.
Native to:
Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Italy, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Western Sahara
Ephedra fragilis Desf. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Aug 25, 2000 | Bourgeau, E. [s.n.], Portugal | K000455935 | isosyntype | Yes | |
Aug 25, 2000 | Boissier, P.E. [s.n.], Spain | K000455907 | isosyntype | Yes | |
Aug 25, 2000 | Paiva, A. [s.n.], Portugal | K000455906 | isosyntype | Yes | |
Aug 25, 2000 | Boissier, P.E. [s.n.], Spain | K000455908 | isolectotype | Yes | |
Mar 31, 1999 | Porta, P. [431], Spain | K000455917 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Ellman, E. [104], Spain | K000455925 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Edmonds, M.E. [202], Spain | K000455929 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Wolley-Dod, A.H. [2055], Spain | K000455947 | Yes | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Bourgeau, E. [469], Spain | K000459295 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Reverchon, E. [s.n.], Spain | K000455911 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Holttum [s.n.], Spain | K000455904 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Ellman, E. [900], Spain | K000455927 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Martindale, G.E. [13], Spain | K000455930 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Bourgeau, E. [2799], Spain | K000455933 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Stork, A.L. [s.n.], Spain | K000459296 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Ellman, E. [685], Spain | K000455920 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Roivainen, H. [s.n.], Spain | K000455928 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Winkler, M. [s.n.], Spain | K000455938 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Brenan, J.B.M. [9979], Portugal | K000455937 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Ball, J. [s.n.], Spain | K000455919 | Yes | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Lemann [s.n.], Gibraltar | K000455945 | Yes | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Edmonds, M.E. [172], Spain | K000455931 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Wolley-Dod, A.H. [1898], Gibraltar | K000455909 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Ellman, E. [548], Gibraltar | K000455905 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Lange [s.n.], Spain | K000455922 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Bourgeau, E. [2799], Spain | K000455934 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Porta, P. [219], Spain | K000455913 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Gros, E. [102], Spain | K000455915 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Wild, H. [5243], Portugal | K000455936 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | s.coll. [s.n.], Sicilia | K000455946 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Ellman, E. [108], Spain | K000455926 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Bourgeau, E. [1672], Spain | K000455912 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Reverchon, Elisée [s.n.], Spain | K000455923 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Boissier, E. [s.n.], Spain | K000455924 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Bourgeau, E. [912], Spain | K000455910 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Boissier, E. [s.n.], Spain | K000455921 | No | ||
Mar 31, 1999 | Porta, P. [s.n.], Spain | K000455932 | No | ||
Dec 5, 1997 | Nefatti, M. [0119797], Tunisia | K000459279 | No | ||
Oct 10, 1993 | Ferguson, I.K. [4533], Cyprus | K000459111 | No | ||
Jan 30, 1992 | Huet de Pavillon, E. [183], Sicilia | K000455948 | No | ||
Jan 30, 1992 | s.coll. [s.n.], Sicilia | K000455941 | No | ||
Jan 30, 1992 | Reverchon, E. [s.n.], Spain | K000455914 | No | ||
Jan 30, 1992 | Gandoger, M. [208], Sicilia | K000455942 | No | ||
Jun 20, 1989 | Dinsmore, J.E. [11717], Jordan | K000459133 | No | ||
Jun 20, 1989 | Khalifa el Karamanli [918], Libya | K000459269 | No | ||
Jun 20, 1989 | Davis [50402], Libya | K000459268 | No | ||
Mar 25, 1989 | Taubert, P. [320], Libya | K000459277 | No | ||
Mar 25, 1989 | Trethewy, A.W. [280], Morocco | K000459274 | No | ||
Mar 25, 1989 | Pampanini, R. [142], Libya | K000459275 | No | ||
Mar 25, 1989 | Chabert, A. [s.n.], Algeria | K000459271 | No | ||
Mar 25, 1989 | Munby, G. [24], Algeria | K000459272 | No | ||
Mar 25, 1989 | Simpson, N.D. [2594], Libya | K000459278 | No | ||
Mar 25, 1989 | Cosson [s.n.], Algeria | K000459276 | No | ||
Mar 25, 1989 | Hill, A.W. [s.n.], Algeria | K000459273 | No | ||
Mar 25, 1989 | Balansa, B. [1041], Algeria | K000459270 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1975 | Chapman, E. [101], Cyprus | K000459098 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1975 | Atherton, G.E. [750], Cyprus | K000459108 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1975 | Atherton, G.E. [333], Cyprus | K000459106 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1975 | Atherton, G.E. [750], Cyprus | K000459107 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1975 | Meikle, R.D. [2096], Cyprus | K000459110 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1975 | Harald Lindberg [117], Cyprus | K000459116 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1975 | Atherton, G.E. [333], Cyprus | K000459109 | No | ||
May 16, 1933 | Martinez, M. [s.n.], Spain | K000455916 | No | ||
Feb 1, 1906 | Fiori, Adr. [46], Sicilia | K000455943 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1898 | Wolley-Dod, A.H. [s.n.] | K000455939 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [s.n.], Turkey | K000459081 | No | |||
Fleischer [827], Turkey | K000459080 | No | |||
Lowe [139] | K000455940 | No | |||
Fleischer [827], Turkey | K000459079 | No |
First published in Fl. Atlant. 2: 372 (1799)
Accepted by
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
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