Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ephedra distachya subsp. distachya [Ephedraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Ephedra distachya L.
Infraspecies:: Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica (C.A.Mey.) Asch. & Graebn.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
janusar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunawar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saumya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sea-grape	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ephedra vulgaris Rich. in A.Richard (ed.), Comm. Bot. Conif. Cycad.: 26 (1826), nom. illeg.
Ephedra arborea Lag. ex Bertol. Fl. Ital. 10: 393 (1857).
Ephedra botryoides Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 5: 46 (1845).
Ephedra clusii Dufour Bull. Soc. Bot. France 7: 445 (1860 publ. 1861).
Ephedra distachya var. caspia (Fomin) Grossh. Fl. Kavkaza, ed. 2, 1: 71 (1939).
Ephedra distachya f. caspia Fomin Acad. Sci. Ukraine, Mém. Cl. Sci. Phys. Math. 11: 54 (1928).
Ephedra distachya f. circinnata Stapf Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 72 (1889).
Ephedra distachya var. media (C.A.Mey.) Stapf Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 35 (1889).
Ephedra distachya subvar. monostachya (L.) Stapf Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56(2): 67 (1889).
Ephedra distachya subsp. monostachya (L.) Riedl Sci. Pharm. 35: 228 (1967).
Ephedra dubia Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada, prepr. 6: 482 (1879).
Ephedra linnaei Stapf ex Koehne Deut. Dendrol.: 58 (1893).
Ephedra macrocephala Bertol. Misc. Bot. 23: 17 (1862).
Ephedra maritima St.-Lag. Cat. Fl. Bass. Rhone: ? (1873).
Ephedra minor Host Fl. Austriac. 2: 671 (1831).
Ephedra monostachya L. Sp. Pl.: 1040 (1753).
Ephedra podostylax Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 715 (1884).
Ephedra polygonoides Pall. Fl. Ross. 2: 87 (1815), nom. illeg.
Ephedra vulgaris var. arborea (Lag. ex Bertol.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 677 (1882).
Ephedra vulgaris var. media C.A.Mey. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 7(2): 273 (1846).
Ephedra vulgaris var. minor (Host) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 677 (1882).
Ephedra vulgaris var. monostachya (L.) C.A.Mey. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 7(2): 274 (1846).
Ephedra vulgaris var. submonostachya C.A.Mey. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 7(2): 274 (1846).
Ephedra vulgaris var. subtristachya C.A.Mey. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 7(2): 270 (1846).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ephedra distachya L. subsp. distachya	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ephedra vulgaris Rich.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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