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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Gymnospermae (裸子植物) > Ephedraceae (マオウ科)
[Engler's syllabus (エングラー体系)]
Order Ephedrales (マオウ)One genus: Ephedra L.Ca. 50 species in the world Lifeform: shrub Habitat: arid Ephedra L. (マオウ)Fig. Ephedraceae. a: anther, c: column, i: integument, b: perianth (or outer integument), p: macrosporangium |
Fig. Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Wats. |
E. intermedia Schrenk et C. A. Meyer (チュウマオウ, 中麻黄) |
E. equisetina Bunge (モクゾクマオウ, 木賊麻黄) E. sinica Stapf (シナマオウ) |
Use: medicine (-ephedrine, (+)-pseudoephedrine, ephedroxane, etc.) |
Shinamaou (シナマオウ, 支那麻黄), Chinese ephedra or Ma Huang (ソウマオウ/クサマオウ, 草麻黄) Lifeform: dioecism, evergreen shrub |
Distribution: Mongolia - eastern Russia - northeastern China Habitat: deserts, waste and sandy places, plains and mountain slopes |
Synonyms:
Ephedra flava F. P. Sm. |
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[1-3] in the experimental station of medicinal plant studies, Hokkaido University, on September 8 2021.