Ephedra intermedia
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Ephedra intermedia is a species of Ephedra
that is native to Southwest
and Central Asia
. It was originally described by Alexander Gustav von Schrenk and Carl Anton von Meyer
in 1846 and placed in section
Pseudobaccatae (=sect. Ephedra), "tribe" Pachycladae by Otto Stapf
in 1889. In 1996 Robert A. Price classified E. intermedia in section Ephedra without recognizing a tribe.
Ephedra (genus)
Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in its family, Ephedraceae, and order, Ephedrales. Ephedra grows in dry climates over wide areas of the northern hemisphere, including southwestern North America, Europe, north Africa, and southwest and central Asia, and, in the southern...
that is native to Southwest
Southwest Asia
Western Asia, West Asia, Southwest Asia or Southwestern Asia are terms that describe the westernmost portion of Asia. The terms are partly coterminous with the Middle East, which describes a geographical position in relation to Western Europe rather than its location within Asia...
and Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
. It was originally described by Alexander Gustav von Schrenk and Carl Anton von Meyer
Carl Anton von Meyer
Carl Anton Andreevic von Meyer was a Russian botanist and explorer.Meyer took part in expeditions, including one to the Altay Mountains with Karl Friedrich von Ledebour and Alexander G. von Bunge in 1826-27. He was the director of the botanical gardens at Saint Petersburg from 1850 to 1855.-...
in 1846 and placed in section
Section (botany)
In botany, a section is a taxonomic rank below the genus, but above the species. The subgenus, if present, is higher than the section, and the rank of series, if present, is below the section. Sections are typically used to help organise very large genera, which may have hundreds of species...
Pseudobaccatae (=sect. Ephedra), "tribe" Pachycladae by Otto Stapf
Otto Stapf
Otto Stapf FRS was an Austrian born botanist and taxonomist.Stapf trained in Vienna, moving to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1890. He was keeper of the Herbarium from 1909 to 1920...
in 1889. In 1996 Robert A. Price classified E. intermedia in section Ephedra without recognizing a tribe.