Ephedra_fragilis

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Ephedra fragilis

Species of seed-bearing shrub

Ephedra fragilis, commonly named the joint pine, is a species of Ephedra that is native to the western Mediterranean region of southern Europe and Northern Africa, and from Madeira and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic.[1][2][3]

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Its habitats are rocky hills and stone walls, where it grows to 2m 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
  1. Ephedra fragilis subsp. cossonii (Stapf) Maire - Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara
  2. 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. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  3. [3]
    Altervista Flora Italiana, Efedra fragile, Ephedra fragilis Desf.
  4. [4]
    PFAF Plant Database — Ephedra fragilis . accessed 1.10.2013
  5. [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.
  6. [6]
    IUCN Red List: Ephedra fragilis (joint pine) . accessed 1.10.2013
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