Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Gnetopsida > Subclass Gnetidae > Order Ephedrales > Family Ephedraceae > Genus Ephedra

Ephedra fragilis Desf.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ephedra*	L.	accepted genus name
*Ephedra alata*	Decne.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra altissima*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra aphylla*	Forssk.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra aurantiaca*	Takht. & Pachom.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra aurea*	Brullo, C. Brullo, Cambria, Ilardi, Siracusa & Giusso	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra ciliata*	Fisch. & C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra distachya*	L.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra equisetina*	Bunge	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra foeminea*	Forssk.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra fragilis*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra intermedia*	Schrenk & C. A. Mey.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra major*	Host	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra nebrodensis*	Guss.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra pachyclada*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra podostylax*	Boiss.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra procera*	Fisch., C. A. Mey. & Avé-Lall.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra strongylensis*	Brullo, C. Brullo, Cambria, Ilardi, Siracusa, Miniss. & Giusso	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra transitoria*	Riedl	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra vvedenskyi*	Pachom.	taxonomically included in

Species group names

*Ephedra dissoluta*	Webb & Berthel.	heterotypic synonym
*Ephedra gibraltarica*	Boiss.	heterotypic synonym
*Ephedra wettsteinii*	Buxb.	heterotypic synonym
*Ephedra fragilis subsp. cossonii*	(Stapf) Maire	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra fragilis subsp. fragilis*	Desf.	taxonomically included in
*Ephedra fragilis subsp. desfontainei*	Asch. & Graebn.	synonym; nom. inval.
*Ephedra altissima*	sensu WILLKOMM, H. M. & J. M. C. LANGE - Prodromus florae hispanicae. E. Schweizerbart (E. Koch), Stuttgartiae, 1861-1880. 1/1: [I]-VIII, 1-192. 1861; 1/2: [IX]-XXX, 193-316. 1862 [janv.-mars); 2/1: 1-272. 1865 (déc.); 2/2: 273-480. 1868 (janv.-sept.); 2/3: 481-680. 1870 (janv.-juil.); 3/1: 1-240. 1874 (juil.); 3/2: 241-512. 1877 (janv.-mars); 3/3: 513-736. 1878 (janv.-oct.); (... -> notes)	misapplied name

Children

Ephedra fragilis Desf. subsp. fragilis
Ephedra fragilis subsp. cossonii (Stapf) Maire

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Aragonese: chinestra; chinestrilla sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Catalan: èfedra; èfedra altíssima; ginesta borda; raïm de mar; trompera frágil; trompera fràgil sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

High Aragonese: chinestra; chinestrilla; escobizo sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Majorcan: candelers; ginesta borda; ginestra borda; trompera sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Portuguese: cornicabra; cornicabra dos algarvios; cornicabra-do-Algarve; cornicabra-dos-argarvios; gestrela; piorno sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: apalaín fino; arnacho; arnachos; belcho; blecho; calnadillo; canadillo; canaillo; canaillo real; cannaillo; canutillo; carnaillo; cola de caballo; colmadillo; efedra; efedra fina; encarnadillo; encarnaillo; hierba de la coyuntura; hierba de las coyunturas; peltrera; trompetera; uvas de mar; uvas marinas grandes; yerba de cojunturas; yerba de coyunturas; yerba de las coyunturas; yerba peltrera sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/