Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ephedra nebrodensis Tineo [Ephedraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
éphédra	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering stem		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ephedra scoparia Lange Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1862: 33 (1862).
Chaetocladus monostachys J.Nelson Pinaceae: 162 (1866).
Ephedra atlantica Andr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 64: 265 (1931).
Ephedra equisetiformis Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 3): 275 (1847).
Ephedra equisetiformis subsp. nebrodensis (Tineo) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 374 (1894).
Ephedra graeca C.A.Mey. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 5: 35 (1845).
Ephedra major var. atlantica (Andr.) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 4: 921 (1941).
Ephedra major var. nebrodensis (Tineo) Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(1): 44 (1924).
Ephedra major var. suggarica Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 207 (1929).
Ephedra major subsp. villarsii (Gren. & Godr.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 19 (1934).
Ephedra nebrodensis var. scoparia (Lange) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 677 (1882).
Ephedra nebrodensis subsp. suggarica (Maire) Breistr. ex Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 13: 278 (1983 publ. 1984).
Ephedra villarsii Gren. & Godr. Fl. France Corse 3: 161 (1855).
Ephedra vulgaris Willk. Flora 35: 319 (1852).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ephedra nebrodensis (Tineo.) Stapf.	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Ephedra nebrodensis Tineo	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Ephedra nebrodensis Tineo ex Guss.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ephedra scoparia	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ephedra scoparia Lange	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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