Order Ephedrales Genus Ephedra Higher classification Ephedra | Family Ephedraceae Scientific name Ephedra fragilis Rank Species | |
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Similar Ephedra, Ephedra distachya, Ephedra altissima, Ephedra nevadensis, Gnetophyta | ||
Ephedra fragilis
Ephedra fragilis, commonly named the joint pine, is a species of Ephedra that is native to eastern Mediterranean region of southern Europe and Northern Africa, and from Madeira and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic.
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Its habitats are rocky hills and stone walls, where it grows to 6 feet (1.8 m) tall.
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Taxonomy
The plant was originally described by René Louiche Desfontaines in 1799 and placed in section Pseudobaccatae (=sect. Ephedra sect. Ephedra), "tribe" Scandentes by Otto Stapf in 1889.
In 1996 Robert A. Price classified E. fragilis in section Ephedra without recognizing a tribe.
- Ephedra fragilis subsp. cossonii (Stapf) Maire - Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara
- Ephedra fragilis subsp. fragilis - Spain, Portugal, Balearic Islands, Sicily, Calabria, Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Madeira, Canary Islands
Conservation
Ephedra fragilis is a Least Concern species on the IUCN Red List.
References
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