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								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.
				
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                            | Nomencl. ref.: | 
                            Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat., VI, 6: 107. 1846 | 
                          
						  
                          
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                            Species | 
                          
                          
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					ACCEPTED
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		| 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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                            	Ephedra aitchisonii (Stapf) V. A. Nikitin | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra alte Brandis | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra asparagoides Griff. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra ciliata Aitch., nom. illeg. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra ciliata Fisch. & C. A. Mey. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra kokanica Regel | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra peduncularis Boiss. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra polylepis Boiss. & Hausskn. | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra rollandii Maire | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra ciliata var. polylepis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Riedl | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra foliata var. aitchisonii Stapf | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra foliata var. ciliata (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Stapf | 
							
                          
                          
                          
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                            	Ephedra foliata var. polylepis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Stapf | 
							
                          
                          
						  
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		| Occurrence: | 
		
       			  Ag Eg IJ Ma Sn |