Ephedra przewalskii
Ephedra przewalskii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
(unranked): | Gymnosperms |
Division: | Gnetophyta |
Class: | Gnetopsida |
Order: | Ephedrales |
Family: | Ephedraceae |
Genus: | Ephedra |
Species: | E. przewalskii
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Binomial name | |
Ephedra przewalskii |
Ephedra przewalskii is a species of Ephedra that is native to Central Asia, Mongolia, Pakistan, and parts of China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, and Tibet).[1][2]
It was originally described by Otto Stapf in 1889 and placed in section , tribe Tropidolepides. In 1996 left E. przewalskii in section Alatae without recognizing a tribe.[3]
References[]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China, Vol. 4 Page 98, 膜果麻黄 mo guo ma huang, Ephedra przewalskii Stapf, Österr. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr. 56(2): 40. 1889.
- ^ Price, R. A. (1996). Systematics of the Gnetales: A review of morphological and molecular evidence. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 157(6): S40-S49.
Categories:
- Ephedraceae
- Flora of Asia
- Plants described in 1889
- Plant stubs