Ephedra fragilis | |
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Ephedra fragilis Algeciras, Spain | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Gnetophyta |
Class: | Gnetopsida |
Order: | Ephedrales |
Family: | Ephedraceae |
Genus: | Ephedra |
Species: | E. fragilis
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Binomial name | |
Ephedra fragilis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Ephedra fragilis, commonly named the joint pine, is a species of Ephedra that is native to the western Mediterranean region of southern Europe and Northern Africa, and from Madeira and the Canary Islands in the Atlantic. [1] [2] [3]
Its habitats are rocky hills and stone walls, where it grows to 2m tall. [4]
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. [5]
Ephedra fragilis is a Least Concern species on the IUCN Red List. [6]