Native to Algeria, Baleares, Canary Is., Italy, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Western Sahara (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

April 13, 2004

Location

Spain, Andalusia, Granada

36.844722, 3.367222

Location Remarks

On A7209 about 5 km from junction with A348, south of Orgiva.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Gnetopsida

Order

Ephedrales

Family

Ephedraceae

Genus

Ephedra

Specific Epithet

fragilis

Authorship

Desf.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#1,072 of 1,090

Top 99%

This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 0 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.

Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →