Ephedra foliata

Ephedra foliata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Gnetophyta
Class:	Gnetopsida
Order:	Ephedrales
Family:	Ephedraceae
Genus:	Ephedra
Species:	E. foliata
Binomial name
Ephedra foliata Boiss. ex C.A.Mey.
Synonyms [2]
Ephedra alteC.A.Mey. Ephedra ciliataFisch. & C.A.Mey. Ephedra ciliataAitch. Ephedra asparagoidesGriff. Ephedra alteBrandis Ephedra kokanicaRegel Ephedra peduncularisBoiss. Ephedra polylepisBoiss. & Hausskn. Ephedra rollandiiMaire Ephedra aitchisonii(Stapf) V.A.Nikitin

Ephedra foliata is a species of gymnosperm in the Ephedraceae family. ^[3] It is referred to by the common name shrubby horsetail. It is native to North Africa, and Southwest Asia, from Morocco and Mauritania east to Turkmenistan, Pakistan, and Punjab State in India. ^{[2] [4] [5]}

Taxonomy

Ephedra foliata was originally described by Pierre Edmond Boissier, later validly published by Carl Anton von Meyer in 1846, and placed in section Pseudobaccatae (=sect. Ephedra ), "tribe" Scandentes by Otto Stapf in 1889. In 1996 Robert A. Price classified E. foliata in section Ephedra without recognizing a tribe. ^[6]

References

1. Bell, A.; Bachman, S. (2011). "Ephedra foliata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T201696A9167394. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T201696A9167394.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. "Ephedra foliata Boiss. ex C.A.Mey". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
4. Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
5. Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
6. Price, R. A. (1996). Systematics of the Gnetales: A review of morphological and molecular evidence. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 157(6): S40-S49.