Ephedra foliata

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Ephedraceae}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Bell, A. |author2=Bachman, S. |date=2011 |title=Ephedra foliata |volume=2011 |page=e.T201696A9167394 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T201696A9167394.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| image = Ephedra foliata 1.jpg

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| genus = Ephedra

| species = foliata

| authority = Boiss. ex C.A.Mey.

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| synonyms = *Ephedra alte C.A.Mey.

• Ephedra ciliata Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
• Ephedra ciliata Aitch.
• Ephedra asparagoides Griff.
• Ephedra alte Brandis
• Ephedra kokanica Regel
• Ephedra peduncularis Boiss.
• Ephedra polylepis Boiss. & Hausskn.
• Ephedra rollandii Maire
• Ephedra aitchisonii (Stapf) V.A.Nikitin

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Ephedra foliata is a species of gymnosperm in the Ephedraceae family.{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326016-1|title= Ephedra foliata Boiss. ex C.A.Mey.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= September 21, 2020}} It is referred to by the common name shrubby horsetail. It is native to North Africa, and Southwest Asia, from Morocco and Mauritania east to Turkmenistan, Pakistan, and Punjab State in India.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=332926 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Miller, A.G. & Morris, M. (2004). Ethnoflora of Soqotra Archipelago: 1-759. The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.

;Taxonomy

Ephedra foliata was originally described by Pierre Edmond Boissier, later validly published by Carl Anton von Meyer in 1846, and placed in section Pseudobaccatae (=sect. Ephedra), "tribe" Scandentes by Otto Stapf in 1889. In 1996 Robert A. Price classified E. foliata in section Ephedra without recognizing a tribe.Price, R. A. (1996). Systematics of the Gnetales: A review of morphological and molecular evidence. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 157(6): S40-S49.