Ephedra

See also: ephedra

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐφέδρα (ephédra, “horsetail”).

Proper noun

Ephedra f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ephedraceae – many Asiatic shrubs, some of which have medicinal uses.

   Synonym: joint-pine, jointfir, Mormon tea, Brigham tea

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Gnetopsida - class; Gnetales - order; Ephedraceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ephedra distachya (sea grape, joint pine, joint fir) - type species; Ephedra antisyphilitica (clapweed, erect ephedra), Ephedra aspera (boundary ephedra, pitamoreal, rough jointfir), Ephedra californica (California ephedra, California jointfir), Ephedra ciliata (syn. Ephedra foliata), Ephedra cutleri (Navaho ephedra, Cutler's ephedra, Cutler Mormon tea, Cutler's jointfir), Ephedra equisetina (Mongolian ephedra), Ephedra fasciculata (Arizona ephedra, Arizona jointfir, desert Mormon tea), Ephedra frustillata (Patagonian ephedra), Ephedra funerea (Death Valley ephedra, Death Valley jointfir), Ephedra nevadensis (gray ephedra, Nevada ephedra, Mormon tea), Ephedra pedunculata (vine ephedra, vine jointfir), Ephedra sinica (Chinese ephedra, Chinese joint fir), Ephedra triandra, Ephedra trifurca (longleaf ephedra, longleaf jointfir, longleaf Mormon tea, popotilla, teposote), Ephedra viridis (green ephedra) - selected other species; for more species see Ephedra at The Plant List

Descendants

• English: → ephedra, ephedrine
• → Finnish: efedra
• → French: éphèdre
• → Russian: эфе́дра (efédra)
• → Slovak: efedra
• → Spanish: efedra

 

References

• Ephedra (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ephedra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ephedra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ephedra at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ephedra at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ephedra at USDA Plants database
• Ephedra at Tropicos
• Ephedra at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Ephedra at The Plant List
• Ephedraceae at Gymnosperms Database
• Ephedra at the Tree of Life Web Project