| Source: | World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
 
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                            | Name: | Ephedra foliata Boiss. ex C. A. Mey. | 
                          
						  
                            | Nomencl. ref.: | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat., VI, 6: 107. 1846 | 
						  
                          
                            | Rank: | Species | 
                          
                            | Status: | ACCEPTED | 
	
		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | Regnum - Plantae Divisio - Tracheophyta
 Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
 Class - Gnetopsida Kirpotenko
 Subclassis - Gnetidae Pax
 Ordo - Ephedrales Dumort.
 Familia - Ephedraceae Dumort.
 Genus - Ephedra Tourn. ex L.
 
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                            | Heterotypic synonyms: | Ephedra aitchisonii (Stapf) V. A. Nikitin | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra alte Brandis | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra asparagoides Griff. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra ciliata Aitch., nom. illeg. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra ciliata Fisch. & C. A. Mey. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra kokanica Regel | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra peduncularis Boiss. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra polylepis Boiss. & Hausskn. | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra rollandii Maire | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra ciliata var. polylepis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Riedl | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra foliata var. aitchisonii Stapf | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra foliata var. ciliata (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Stapf | 
                          
                          
                            |  | Ephedra foliata var. polylepis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Stapf | 
                          
						  
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		| Maps: | distribution | 
	
		| Occurrence: | Ag Eg IJ Ma Sn |