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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Gnetophyta |
| Class: | Gnetopsida |
| Order: | Ephedrales |
| Family: | Ephedraceae |
| Genus: | Ephedra |
| Species: | E. foliata
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- 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "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.
- ^ Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- ^ Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- ^ 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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