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Ephedra fragilis (Joint-Pine) |
Ephedra fragilis (EPHEDRACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Ephedra fragilisDesfontaines
Published in Desf., Fl. Atl. 2: 372 (1799) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Ephedraceae
Dumortier (The Joint-Pine Family)
1 species from the Ephedraceae family is recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Joint-Pine, Shrubby Horse-tail, Fragile Joint Pine | Maltese name(s) : | Efedra | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare Very Rare
Extinct in the wild | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Nano-Phanerophyte (small trees to large shrubs)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Protected by law: schedule I of legal notice LN200/2011. (Strictly protected tree species) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Apr | Colour of Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Extint in the wild but found cultivated at Argotti and the University of Malta. In Sicily it grows on rocky areas near the shore or behind sand dunes. |
Botanical Description: |
Dioecious; more or less erect shrub to 1.5(-2) m; main branches spreading, rarely scandent; twigs readily disarticulating at nodes. Male strobilus subsessile, ovoid, with 4-8 pairs of flowers, the flowers with 4-6 microsporangia. Female strobilus stipitate, 1- or 2-flowered; peduncles 2-4 mm; innermost pair of bracts connate almost to apex. Tube of integument 0.5-1.5(-2) mm, straight. Seed or seeds concealed by bracts. |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region S. Portugal. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
the Balaeric Islands, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Portugal, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ag Bl Ca Hs It Li Lu Ma Md Si Tn |
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