Ephedra aurea

Brullo, C.Brullo, Cambria, Ilardi, Siracusa & Giusso (2022)

Common names

No data as of 2025.01.15.

Taxonomic notes

Type: Italy, Sicily, Trapani, Penisola di San Vito lo Capo, versante costiero occidentale in località 'Isulidda' a Nord di Macari (38.14556°N, 12.73326°E), elevation 50 m, 2012.06.30, S.Brullo & V.Ilardi s.n. (Holotype CAT). It appears to be closely related to Ephedra nebrodensis (Brullo et al. 2022).

Description

No data as of 2025.01.15.

Distribution and Ecology

Italy (Sicily).

Remarkable Specimens

No data as of 2025.01.15.

Ethnobotany

No data as of 2025.01.15.

Observations

See the type locality.

Remarks

The epithet means "golden", referring to the color of the mature bracts in female cones (Brullo et al. 2022).

Citations

Brullo, S., C. Brullo, S. Cambria, V. Ilardi, G. Siracusa, and G. Giusso del Galdo. 2022. Ephedra aurea (Ephedraceae), a new species from Sicily. Phytotaxa 530:9. doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.530.1.1.

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