Ephedra foliata explained

Ephedra foliata is a species of gymnosperm in the Ephedraceae family.^[1] 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] [3] [4]}

TaxonomyEphedra 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.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ephedra foliata Boiss. ex C.A.Mey.. . n.d.. Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. September 21, 2020.
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=332926 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
4. Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
5. Price, R. A. (1996). Systematics of the Gnetales: A review of morphological and molecular evidence. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 157(6): S40-S49.