Ephedra foliataBoiss. [family EPHEDRACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Freitag, H. & Maier-Stolte, M., Ephedra alteC.A.Mey. [family EPHEDRACEAE ] Verified by Freitag, H. & Maier-Stolte, M.,
Related name
Ephedra aphylla
Ephedra polylepis
Ephedra ciliata
Ephedra foliata
Ephedra alte
Ephedra rollandi
Flora
Entry for EPHEDRA foliata Boiss. ex C. Mey. [family EPHEDRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
EPHEDRA foliataBoiss. ex C. Mey. [family EPHEDRACEAE], (1846). Fig. 8 F.
EPHEDRA alteC. Mey. [family EPHEDRACEAE], (1846) in part.
Information
Plant usually scandent or almost decumbent, up to 2 m or more long, stems slightly disarticulating when dry, with white pith. Leaves up to 10–15(–40) mm long including the ciliate sheath. Male cones with 3–4 anthers (microsporangia). Female cones usually on long, loosely-branched, this year’s twigs, ovate when young, (1–)2(–3)-seeded, with usually straight peduncles.
Range
N1–3 Ethiopia, and along the Red Sea coast to Sinai, Tibesti, also Arabia and eastwards to Punjab.
