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Ephedra

Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales - Ephedraceae

Taxonomy
Ephedra was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ephedraceae by Dumortier (1829), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Cladera et al. (2007).

Species
E. distachya
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. fragilis, E. verticillata, E. viridis, E. voluta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Ephedra Linnaeus p. 1040
1829Ephedra Dumortier p. 12
1976Ephedra Lakhanpal et al.
1991Ephedra Chauhan
2007Ephedra Cladera et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomEmbryophyta
phylumGinkgophytaBessey 1907
classGinkgoopsidaEngler 1897
RankNameAuthor
orderEphedrales
familyEphedraceae
genusEphedra

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ephedra Linnaeus 1753
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†Ephedra distachya Cladera et al. 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 121.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) E. verticillata (150879)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Chiapas) E. sp. (68835)
Late/Upper Campanian - Danian83.6 - 61.66Antarctica E. notensis (168697)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian66.0 - 61.66Antarctica (Seymour Island) E. notensis (168705)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) E. voluta type (231963 231965 232056)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) E. voluta (233017)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Missouri) E. claricristata (231933) E. hungarica (231931)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Alabama) E. hungarica type (236389)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) E. sp. (169358)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Virginia) E. fusiformis (231698)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) E. miocenica (24209)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Maryland) E. sp. (231836)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Azerbaijan E. sp. (116637)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Azerbaijan E. sp. (116623 116633)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Maryland) E. sp. (231835)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Azerbaijan E. sp. (116625 116627 116629 116635)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) E. fragilis (28443)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Virginia) E. sp. (126605)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) E. sp. (184470)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Portugal E. sp. (232124)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) E. sp. (224612 224613 224614 224751)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) E. sp. (228760 228761 228776)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Rajasthan) E. sp. (228785 228789 228811 228812)
Ionian (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) E. sp. (157640)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy E. sp. (38321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) E. sp. (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) E. viridis (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) E. sp. (136951)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) E. sp. (228780 228781)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) E. sp. (228762 228763)