Ephedra

Summary

Ephedra is a taxon^[1]. Ephedra ranks in the top 0.4% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,577 views/month, #775 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ephedra's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Ephedra is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Ephedra is classified within Ephedraceae^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Ephedra is Ephedra^[6].
• Ephedra's Commons category is recorded as Ephedra^[7].
• The taxonomic type of Ephedra is Ephedra distachya^[8].
• Ephedra's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ephedra^[9].
• Ephedra's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7^[10].
• Ephedra's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• Ephedra's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4^[12].
• Ephedra's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[13].
• Ephedra's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[14].
• Ephedra's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[15].
• Ephedra's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4296^[16].
• Ephedra's this taxon is source of is recorded as ephedra^[17].
• Ephedra is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'jointfir'}^[18].
• Ephedra is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '麻黄属'}^[19].
• Ephedra is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '麻黄属'}^[20].
• Ephedra's has fruit type is recorded as berry^[21].
• Ephedra's has fruit type is recorded as dry fruit^[22].

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Classification

Ephedra's scientific name is Ephedra^[6]. Ephedra is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Ephedra is classified within Ephedraceae^[5]. The taxonomic type of Ephedra is Ephedra distachya^[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'jointfir'}^[18], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '麻黄属'}^[19], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '麻黄属'}^[20].

Identifiers

Ephedra's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53881^[23]. Ephedra's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3387^[24]. Ephedra's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 108390^[25]. Ephedra's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2653237^[26]. Ephedra's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183496^[27].

Why It Matters

Ephedra ranks in the top 0.4% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,577 views/month, #775 of 195,241).^[2] Ephedra has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Ephedra is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]