Ephedra multiflora
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Ephedra multiflora is a species of Ephedra
that is native to northern Chile
and Argentina
. It was originally described by Rodolfo Armando Philippi, later formally published by Otto Stapf
in 1887, and placed in section
Alatae, "tribe" Habrolepides by Stapf in 1889. In 1996 Robert A. Price left E. multiflora in section Alatae 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 northern Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
and Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. It was originally described by Rodolfo Armando Philippi, later formally published 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 1887, 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...
Alatae, "tribe" Habrolepides by Stapf in 1889. In 1996 Robert A. Price left E. multiflora in section Alatae without recognizing a tribe.