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Root and shoot (2).
Ephedra monosperma C.A. Mey. 1846

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Description

Small shrub with long subterranean trunks, horsetail-like shoots to 25 cm tall, 1 mm in diameter. Leaves rudimentary. Cone globose, to 8 mm in diameter, red, soft, with 1-2 brown seeds 6 mm long. Pollination in June, seeds mature in July (2).

Range

Russia: southern Siberia, endangered in Ussuriland; Mongolia; China: Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang. In China at 1000-4000 m; in Russia to sea level. Usually found on sandy soils on river banks (1, 2).

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Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Missouri Botanical Garden - Flora of China Checklist - Ephedra.

(2) S. Harkevich and N. Kachura. 1981. Rare Plant Species of The Soviet Far East and Their Conservation. Nauka, Moscow (in Russian).


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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/ep/ep/monosperma.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail: earlecj@conifers.org
Last modified on 25-Jan-2000

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