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Ephedra
| Description | Ephedra is a medicinal preparation from the plant Ephedra sinica. Several additional species belonging to the genus Ephedra have traditionally been used for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a possible candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian religion. It has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for more than 2,000 years. Native Americans and Mormon pioneers drank a tea brewed from other Ephedra species, called "Mormon tea" and "Indian tea". From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephedra, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Gnetopsida : Ephedrales : Ephedraceae : Ephedra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Ginkgophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Ephedrales : Ephedraceae : Ephedra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ephedra L. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. A. Nieto and A. R. Prieto. 1987. Análisis palinológico del Holoceno Tardío del sitio "Fortin Necochea" (Partido de Gral. Lamadrid, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Ameghiniana 24(3-4):271-276 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Mormon Tea, Ephedra, Jointfir, Mormon-tea, Joint Firs, Ma Huang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephedra |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ephedra alata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra altissima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra americana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra andina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra antisyphilitica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra aphylla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra arenicola species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra aspera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra aurantiaca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra boelckei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra botschantzevii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra breana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra brevifoliata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra californica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra chilensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra compacta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra coryi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra cutleri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra dahurica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra dawuensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra distachya ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Ephedra eleutherolepis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra equisetina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra fasciculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra fedtschenkoae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra foeminea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra foliata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra fragilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra frustillata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra funerea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra gerardiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra glauca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra gracilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra holoptera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra intermedia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra kardangensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra khurikensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra laristanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra lepidosperma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra likiangensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra lomatolepis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra major species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra milleri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra minuta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra miocenica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra monosperma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra multiflora species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra nevadensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra ochreata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra oxyphylla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra pachyclada species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra pangiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra pedunculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra pentandra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra procera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra przewalskii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra pseudodistachya species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra regeliana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra rhytidosperma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra rituensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra rupestris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra sarcocarpa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra sinica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra somalensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra strobilacea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra sumlingensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra tilhoana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra torreyana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra transitoria species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra triandra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra trifurca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra trifurcata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra tweediana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra tweedieana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra viridis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ephedra vvedenskyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Chaetocladus J.Nelson | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Gnetopsida : Ephedrales : Ephedraceae : Chaetocladus |
| Baicarpus G.Han, X.-P.Fu, Z.-J.Liu & X.Wang, 2013 | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Gnetopsida : Ephedrales : Ephedraceae : Baicarpus |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2007 | Ephedra Cladera et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
