Ephedra alata
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E. alata
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Ephedra alenda (Stapf) Andr. |
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Ephedra alata is a species of Ephedra that is native from Morocco and the Sahara in northern Africa, the Middle East.[1]
- Taxonomy
It was originally described by Joseph Decaisne in 1834 and placed in section Alatae, tribe Tropidolepides by Otto Stapf in 1889.
In 1996 Robert A. Price left E. alata in section Alatae without recognizing a tribe.[2]
- Subspecies
- Ephedra alata subsp. alata - Algeria, Mauritania, Mali, Chad, Algeria, Sinai, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
- Ephedra alata subsp. alenda (Stapf) Trab. - Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
- Ephedra alata subsp. monjauzeana Dubuis & Faurel - Algeria
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Price, R. A. (1996). Systematics of the Gnetales: A review of morphological and molecular evidence. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 157(6): S40-S49.
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