Ephedra tilhoana Maire

First published in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 4: 903 (1932)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Chad (Tibesti). It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/201717/9172712

[IUCN]

Forest, F. et al. 2018. Gymnosperms on the EDGE. Scientific Reports 8: 6053. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-24365-4.

Conservation: Ephedra tilhoana is rated as Data Deficient (DD) according to IUCN Red List criteria and has received a EDGE score of 1.75, which places it in position 124 on the EDGE Gymnosperm list. It has a Evolutionary Distinctiveness of 5.96, ranked 637. More information on the EDGE Gymnosperm project here https://www.edgeofexistence.org.

[EDGE]

EDGE Gymnosperms
- EDGE of Existence (Gymnosperms)
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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