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Taxon:  Ephedra equisetina Bunge



Summary
Genus:
Ephedra
Family:
Ephedraceae
Nomen number:
15221
Place of publication:
Beitr. Fl. Russl. 324. 1852 (Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 7:499. 1854)
Verified:
05/15/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ephedra shennungiana Tang
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Reference(s)
  1. Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. 1993
  2. Blumenthal, M. & P. King. 1995. Herbalgram. 34:22-27.
  3. Blumenthal, M., ed. The complete German Commission E monographs: therapeutic guide to herbal medicines. 1998
  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  5. Foster, S. & V. E. Tyler. Tyler's honest herbal: a sensible guide to the use of herbs and related remedies, ed. 4. 1999
  6. Keys, J. D. Chinese herbs: their botany, chemistry, and pharmacodynamics. 1976
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  8. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  10. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  11. Peirce, A. The American Pharmaceutical Association practical guide to natural medicines. 1999
  12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  13. Van Wyk, B.-E. & M. Wink. Medicinal plants of the world. 2004
  14. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  15. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  16. Yen, Kun-Ying. Illustrated Chinese materia medica: crude drugs. 1980
Common names
English
Mongolian ephedra –
Transcribed Chinese
mu zei ma huang –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Monggol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNingxia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaQinghai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • CHINA: China [Gansu, Hebei, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xizang]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinessource of ephedrine & pseudoephedrine Blumenthal, M., ed. The complete German Commission E monographs: therapeutic guide to herbal medicines. 1998
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=15221. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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