Ephedra americana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. belongs to the Ephedraceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 2 countries.
Ephedra americana, Ulloa 2034--Ecuador. P. N. Cotopaxi. 3 Jun 2011. 075 (13).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Gnetopsida
Order
Ephedrales
Family
Ephedraceae
Genus
Ephedra
Specific Epithet
americana
Authorship
Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#999 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 1 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →Location
Ecuador, Cotopaxi
-0.868889, -79.159167
Location Remarks
Along road from Guayacan to Pucayacú, Departing main Quevedo-Latacunga Hwy. (23.2 km W of Cotopaxi-Los Ríos border 0.8 km N of Guayacan, 8.4 km S of Guasaganda.
Collectors
Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Katya Romoleroux, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, J. Irazábal
Notes
Forming loose mats. Conos rojo-anaranjados.
Location
Bolivia, La Paz
-16.552500, -68.096111
Location Remarks
Sendero del Águila in the city of La Paz (Barrio de Mallasa), Calacoto section. Ca. 3380 m and above.
Collectors
No collectors specified
