Biology:Ephedra chilensis

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Short description: Species of plant

Ephedra chilensis
Ephedra chilensis in Cerro Manquehue, Metropolitan region, Chile
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Gnetophyta
Class: Gnetopsida
Order: Ephedrales
Family: Ephedraceae
Genus: Ephedra
Species:
E. chilensis
Binomial name
Ephedra chilensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Ephedra monticola Ephedra bracteata
  • Ephedra americana var. andina (Poepp. ex C.A.Mey.) Stapf
  • Poepp. ex C.A.Mey. Miers, not validly publ.
  • Ephedra chilensis Ephedra araucana
  • Miers, nom. illeg. Miers
  • Ephedra andina Phil.
  • Miers Ephedra dumosa

Ephedra chilensis, also known as pingo-pingo, is a species of plant in the division Gnetophyta. It is native to Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. In Chile, it is distributed between the Arica and Parinacota region and the Araucania region.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Ephedra chilensis C.Presl" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/329491-2. 
  2. Rodriguez, Roberto; Marticorena, Clodomiro; Alarcón, Diego; Baeza, Carlos; Cavieres, Lohengrin; Finot, Víctor L.; Fuentes, Nicol; Kiessling, Andrea et al. (2018). "Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile". Gayana Botánica 75 (1): 1–430. doi:10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001. ISSN 0717-6643. https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-66432018000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en. 

Wikidata ☰ Q17013815 entry