Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson [Ephedraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
clapweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gray ephedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mormon tea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mormon-tea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nevada ephedra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nevada jointfir	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
whorehouse tea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ephedra antisiphylitica S.Watson Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 328 (1871), nom. illeg.
Ephedra antisyphilitica var. pedunculata S.Watson Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 329 (1871).
Ephedra nevadensis subvar. paucibracteata Stapf Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 83 (1889).
Ephedra nevadensis f. rosea H.C.Cutler Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 26: 407 (1939).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ephedra nevadensis	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ephedra nevadensis S. Wats.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ephedra nevadensis S.Watson	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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