Ephedra altissima

Ephedra altissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnetales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Gnetophyta
Classis: Gnetopsida
Ordo: Gnetales

Familia: Ephedraceae
Genus: Ephedra
Species:
Varietates: E. a. var. altissima – E. a. var. tibestica

Name

Ephedra altissima Desf., Méd. Eclairée Sci. Phys. 3(6): 163 (1792).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Chaetocladus altissima (Desf.) J.Nelson, Pinaceae: 162 (1866).

Homonyms

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
    • Regional: Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands (Tenerife)
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Mauritania.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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