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Accession Data:

Ephedra intermedia Schrenk & C.A.Mey.

  • Common Name: zhong ma huang
  • Family: Ephedraceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: W. Asia - Iran, Turkestan, to the Himalayas and China

  • USDA Zone: 6-8

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800140
  • Source: Chad Husby - FIU (seeds)
  • Accession Date: 09-10-2008
  • Bench: 2216 - XER:Atacama Fog Desert
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-28-2024
  • Restrictions:

    Classification:

    • Division: Gnetophyta
    • Class: Gnetopsida
    • SubClass: Gnetidae
    • Order: Ephedrales
    • SubOrder:
    • Family: Ephedraceae
    • SubFamily:
    • Tribe:
    • SubTribe:

    Flowering Data:

    This accession has been observed in bloom on:
    YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
    2025
    2024
    2023
    2022
    2021
    2020
    2019
    2018
    2017
    2016
    2015
    2014
    2013

    References (internal):

    • Gymnosperms & Gnetophytes
    • Medicinal Plants
    • Gnetophyta
    • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Altay / Kazakhstan / Kirgizistan / Turkmenistan / Tadzhikistan / Uzbekistan / Afghanistan / Iran / Inner Mongolia / Manchuria / China North-Central / China Southeast / Tibet / Xinjiang / India / West Himalaya / Mongolia / Nepal / Pakistan

    References (external):

    1. The Gymnosperm Database
    2. Caveney et al., New observations on the secondary chemistry of world Ephedra (Ephedraceae), (American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:1199-1208.)
    3. Ephedra intermedia at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
    4. Ephedra intermedia at IUCN Red List. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
    5. Ephedra intermedia at Plants for a Future. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
    6. Ephedra intermedia at Medicinal Herbs. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

    data regenerated on Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:00:01 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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    W/C = Wild Collected
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