Ephedra fragilis
Ephedra fragilis | |
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Ephedra fragilis Algeciras, Spain | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Gnetophyta |
Class: | Gnetopsida |
Order: | Ephedrales |
Family: | Ephedraceae |
Genus: | Ephedra |
Species: | E. fragilis |
Binomial name | |
Ephedra fragilis Desf. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Ephedra fragilis, commonly named the joint pine, is a species of Ephedra that is native to eastern Mediterranean region of southern Europe and Northern Africa, and from Madeira and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic.[1][2][3]
Its habitats are rocky hills and stone walls, where it grows to 6 feet (1.8 m) tall. [4]
Taxonomy
The plant was originally described by René Louiche Desfontaines in 1799 and placed in section Pseudobaccatae (=sect. Ephedra sect. Ephedra), "tribe" Scandentes by Otto Stapf in 1889.
In 1996 Robert A. Price classified E. fragilis in section Ephedra without recognizing a tribe.[5]
- Subspecies
- Ephedra fragilis subsp. cossonii (Stapf) Maire - Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara
- Ephedra fragilis subsp. fragilis - Spain, Portugal, Balearic Islands, Sicily, Calabria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Madeira, Canary Islands
Conservation
Ephedra fragilis is a Least Concern species on the IUCN Red List. [6]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Efedra fragile, Ephedra fragilis Desf.
- ↑ PFAF Plant Database — Ephedra fragilis . accessed 1.10.2013
- ↑ Price, R. A. (1996). Systematics of the Gnetales: A review of morphological and molecular evidence. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 157(6): S40-S49.
- ↑ IUCN Red List: Ephedra fragilis (joint pine) . accessed 1.10.2013
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