Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ephedra distachya L. [Ephedraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica (C.A.Mey.) Asch. & Graebn.

Ephedra distachya subsp. distachya

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese ephedra	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ephedra	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ephedra vulgaris	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
joint pine	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ma huang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
russinefedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sea-grape	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shuang sui ma huang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
teamsters tea	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
xinjiang ephedra	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
herb, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chaetocladus distachys (L.) J.Nelson Pinaceae: 162 (1866).
Ephedra distachya subvar. linnaei Stapf Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 67 (1889), not validly publ.
Ephedra equisetiformis subsp. distachya (L.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 374 (1894), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ephedra distachya	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ephedra distachya L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Ephedra distachya

Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

Ephedra distachya L.

Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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