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Taxon:  Ephedra distachya L.



Summary
Genus:
Ephedra
Family:
Ephedraceae
Nomen number:
15219
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1040. 1753
Verified:
05/15/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Ephedra distachya L. subsp. distachya (0 active accession[s])
Ephedra distachya L. subsp. helvetica (C. A. Mey.) Asch. & Graebn. (0 active accession[s])
Ephedra distachya L. subsp. monostachya (L.) Riedl (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ephedra vulgaris Rich.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
  3. Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. Atlas florae europaeae. 1972-
  4. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  5. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  7. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 1:40. Note: with two subspecies
  8. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
sea-grape –
Swedish
russinefedra –
Transcribed Chinese
shuang sui ma huang –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Economic Uses
Medicines


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