EphedraceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Ephedra monosperma Gmelin ex C.A. Meyer
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: dan zi ma huang
- Family: Ephedraceae Dumort.
- Country of Origin: S.W. & E. Siberia
- Habitat: sandy soils on river banks, on rocky slopes
- Description: Dwarf plant with a long caudex. Branches rigid, ascending, branchlets yellowish‑green, c. 1 mm broad, striate, sometimes ± curved. Male cones 2, obovoid, c. 4.5 mm long. Female cones on short recurved stalks. Tubillus contorted, c. 1.5 mm long. Berry globose, red. Seed (‑s) ovoid, brown, c. 4‑5 mm long.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 200201856
- Source: Diane Huling - Rhode Island College
- Provenance:
- 2JUN08 - Name changed to E. monosperma.
- Originally recieved as E. minima Hao.
- Seed from North American Rock Garden Society, planted Spring 2001
- Accession Date: 07-29-2002
- Bench: 2217 - XER:Misc Deserts
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 09-17-2009
Classification:- Division: Gnetophyta
- Class: Ephedropsida
- SubClass: gnetophytes
- Order: Ephedrales
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- Family: Ephedraceae
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References:
- Ali, S.I. and M. Qaiser (eds.). 1987. Flora of Pakistan. http://www.efloras.org (online since 2001).
- Gymnosperm Database
- Caveney et al., New observations on the secondary chemistry of world Ephedra (Ephedraceae), (American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:1199-1208.)
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