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ACCESSIONPLANT NAMETAXONOMYORIGINGENEBANKIMAGEAVAILABILITYRECEIVEDSOURCE TYPESOURCE DATECOLLECTION SITECOORDINATESELEVATIONHABITATIMPROVEMENT LEVELNARRATIVE
0PI 436989Ephedra sp. United States Historic1979COLLECTED06/1975Brewster Co., Texas1121Collected by R. Johnson.1331925PI 436989
1PI 376906188Ephedra procera Fisch. & C. A. Mey. IranPARLNot Available1972COLLECTED1972Rudshur1000Wild materialPlants scarce, grazed heavily. Red berries. 10 1282281PI 376906
2PI 314249Col. No. 571Ephedra sp.Samarqand, Uzbekistan Historic1966COLLECTEDReserve, Chatkal Mountains, 70km east of Tashkent1706507PI 314249
3PI 314683Col. No. 460Ephedra sp.Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan Historic1966COLLECTEDLow mountains, 20km north of Game Preserve headquarters, 180km east of Alma Ata1707183PI 314683
4PI 310398No. 6Ephedra ciliata Fisch. ex C. A. Mey. Uzbekistan Historic1966COLLECTED1705159PI 310398
5PI 310399No. 7Ephedra intermedia Schrenk & C. A. Mey. Uzbekistan Historic1966COLLECTED1705160PI 310399
6PI 310400No. 8Ephedra strobilacea Bunge Uzbekistan Historic1966COLLECTED1705161PI 310400
7PI 147968Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf Maryland, United States Historic1944COLLECTED1881559PI 147968
8PI 147969Ephedra sinica Stapf Maryland, United States Historic1944COLLECTED1881560PI 147969
9PI 147970Ephedra sinica Stapf Maryland, United States Historic1944COLLECTED1881561PI 147970
10PI 144469No. 39.1687Ephedra sp.Maule, Chile Historic1942COLLECTEDDepartment of Petorca22801874014PI 144469
11PI 144470No. 39.1777Ephedra sp.Atacama, Chile Historic1942COLLECTEDDepartment of Copiapo501874015PI 144470
12PI 144242No. 39.1754Ephedra sp.Chubut, Argentina Historic1942COLLECTEDDepartment of Escalante1001872657PI 144242
13PI 140931No. 6470Ephedra sp.Khorasan, Iran Historic1941COLLECTED08/04/1940Kataliyekchinar1865561PI 140931
14PI 136982Ephedra ciliata Fisch. ex C. A. Mey. Unknown Historic1940COLLECTEDUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics1856321PI 136982
15PI 136052No. 4544Ephedra sp. Afghanistan Historic1940COLLECTED08/27/1939Lorinj24321854434PI 136052
16PI 124913Ephedra sp. Madagascar Historic1937COLLECTED1839446PI 124913
17PI 122853TsepatEphedra pachyclada Boiss. Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan Historic1937COLLECTED09/05/1936Tarkalung, Baltistan27091834484PI 122853
18PI 118589No. 1084Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf North-West Frontier, Pakistan Historic1936COLLECTED08/04/1936Peshwari25591828003PI 118589
19PI 114244No. 59Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf Himachal Pradesh, India Historic1936COLLECTED10/02/1935Pin Valley1811867PI 114244
20PI 113620Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf Punjab, India Historic1936COLLECTEDChini, Bashahr27091490368PI 113620
21PI 113621Ephedra intermedia Schrenk & C. A. Mey. Punjab, India Historic1936COLLECTEDChini, Bashahr27091811164PI 113621
22PI 113154No. 200Ephedra sp.Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, China Historic1935COLLECTED08/12/1935Naran Obo1810759PI 113154
23PI 113155No. 201Ephedra sp.Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, China Historic1935COLLECTED08/12/1935Temur Hada1810760PI 113155
24PI 113156No. 202Ephedra sp.Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, China Historic1935COLLECTED08/14/1935Shara Muren1810761PI 113156
25PI 112276No. 1 IVEphedra sp. China Historic1935COLLECTED08/08/1934Near Khankai-nur, Barga District1809885PI 112276
26PI 112092No. 72Ephedra distachya L. Romania Historic1935COLLECTEDBalkan Expedition: Danube delta1491946PI 112092
27PI 110118Ephedra equisetina Bunge Unknown Historic1935COLLECTEDUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics1801519PI 110118
28PI 108993Ephedra sp. Pakistan Historic1935COLLECTED1492335PI 108993
29PI 108314Ephedra alata Decne. Algeria Historic1935COLLECTED1492301PI 108314
30PI 107620Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf India Historic1934COLLECTED1797028PI 107620
31PI 108914No. 12Ephedra strobilacea Bunge Turkmenistan Historic1934COLLECTED06/23/19341799887PI 108914
32PI 108341No. 862Ephedra sp. Uzbekistan Historic1934COLLECTED08/06/1934East of Tokmak, Chu River Canyon1798453PI 108341
33PI 108342No. 863Ephedra sp. Uzbekistan Historic1934COLLECTED08/06/1934East of Tokmak in the Chu River Canyon1798454PI 108342
34PI 108056No. 780Ephedra sp. Kyrgyzstan Historic1934COLLECTED07/31/1934Foothills south of Frunze (Bishkek)1798068PI 108056
35PI 105811Ephedra procera Fisch. & C. A. Mey. Unknown Historic1934COLLECTEDUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics1794613PI 105811
36PI 104316Ephedra alata Decne. Kazakhstan Historic1934COLLECTED1792869PI 104316
37PI 101454Ephedra intermedia Schrenk & C. A. Mey. India Historic1932COLLECTED1493075PI 101454
38PI 99678Ephedra likiangensis Florin Yunnan Sheng, China Historic1932COLLECTED1787005PI 99678
39PI 98212No. 134851Ephedra alata Decne. Unknown Historic1932COLLECTED1784903PI 98212
40PI 94934Ephedra alata Decne. Unknown Historic1931COLLECTED1781504PI 94934
41PI 92980Ephedra alata Decne. Turkmenistan Historic1931COLLECTED1779724PI 92980
42PI 79214Ephedra altissima Desf. Genève, Switzerland Historic1929COLLECTED1743131PI 79214
43PI 79215Ephedra chilensis C. Presl Genève, Switzerland Historic1929COLLECTED1743132PI 79215
44PI 79216Ephedra fragilis Desf. Genève, Switzerland Historic1929COLLECTED1743133PI 79216
45PI 79217Ephedra ciliata Fisch. ex C. A. Mey. Genève, Switzerland Historic1929COLLECTED1743134PI 79217
46PI 79218Ephedra distachya L. subsp. helvetica (C. A. Mey.) Asch. & Graebn. Genève, Switzerland Historic1929COLLECTED1743135PI 79218
47PI 79219Ephedra procera Fisch. & C. A. Mey. Genève, Switzerland Historic1929COLLECTED1743136PI 79219
48PI 79905'Chrysocarpa'Ephedra procera Fisch. & C. A. Mey. Georgia Historic1929COLLECTED1743831PI 79905
49PI 79906'Erythrocarpa'Ephedra procera Fisch. & C. A. Mey. Georgia Historic1929COLLECTED1743832PI 79906
50PI 77619Ephedra distachya L. North-West Frontier, Pakistan Historic1928COLLECTED1495945PI 77619
51PI 77607Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf Uttar Pradesh, India Historic1928COLLECTED1495938PI 77607
52PI 77450Ephedra distachya L. North-West Frontier, Pakistan Historic1928COLLECTED1495893PI 77450
53PI 77438Ephedra alata Decne. Alger, Algeria Historic1928COLLECTED1495886PI 77438
54PI 77437Ephedra alata Decne. Alger, Algeria Historic1928COLLECTED1495885PI 77437
55PI 75531Ephedra equisetina Bunge Beijing Shi, China Historic1927COLLECTED1497284PI 75531
56PI 74180Ephedra altissima Desf. Alger, Algeria Historic1927COLLECTED1729112PI 74180
57PI 74181Ephedra altissima Desf. Alger, Algeria Historic1927COLLECTED1729113PI 74181
58PI 69035Ephedra fragilis Desf. Genève, Switzerland Historic1926COLLECTED1499586PI 69035
59PI 69036Ephedra equisetina Bunge Genève, Switzerland Historic1926COLLECTED1722618PI 69036
60PI 66007Ephedra altissima Desf. Morocco Historic1926COLLECTED05/29/1925Arab cemetery beyond Amismiz, Grand Atlas Mountains1717628PI 66007
61PI 65013No. 227Ephedra altissima Desf. Morocco Historic1925COLLECTED05/30/1925Arab cemetery near Amismiz1716316PI 65013
62PI 61418Ephedra distachya L. Omsk, Russian Federation Historic1924COLLECTED1662781PI 61418
63PI 57930Ephedra altissima Desf. Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France Historic1923COLLECTED1502845PI 57930
64PI 36344Ephedra sp.Oruro, Bolivia Historic1913COLLECTED1601554PI 36344
65PI 30587Ephedra fragilis Desf. Pennsylvania, United States Historic1911COLLECTED1596427PI 30587
66PI 30588Ephedra altissima Desf. Pennsylvania, United States Historic1911COLLECTED1596428PI 30588
67PI 23026Ma whou sungEphedra equisetina Bunge Shanxi Sheng, China Historic1908COLLECTED03/13/19081585075PI 23026
68PI 4124Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Watson Arizona, United States Historic1899COLLECTED1539200PI 4124
69PI 208NEH1897Ephedra sp. Turkmenistan Historic1898COLLECTEDWild material1479174PI 208
70PI 209NEH1897Ephedra strobilacea Bunge Turkmenistan Historic1898COLLECTEDUncertain improvement status1479175PI 209
71W6 61986UT060-122Ephedra viridis Coville Utah, United StatesW6SEED2024Wild materialGrowth form is consistent with genus Ephedra brighter green with two bracts at each node 2168385W6 61986
72W6 61336UT930-5Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson Utah, United StatesW6SEED2023Wild material2142780W6 61336
73W6 54439NV052-626Ephedra torreyana S. Watson Nevada, United StatesW62018Wild materialEphedra torreyana1965156W6 54439
74W6 46543CA190A-151Ephedra californica S. Watson California, United StatesW62013Wild material1913646W6 46543
75W6 41967EPNE-SOS-CA650-28-10Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson California, United States SEEDHistoric2011COLLECTEDPRE 08/28/2011Wild material1887284W6 41967
76W6 40439EPCA2-SOS-CA930A-60-10Ephedra californica S. Watson United StatesPARLSEEDNot Available2011COLLECTEDPRE 2011Wild material1861200W6 40439
77W6 40440EPVI-SOS-OR020-108-10Ephedra viridis Coville United StatesPARLSEEDNot Available2011COLLECTEDPRE 2011Wild material1861201W6 40440
78W6 36786418869Ephedra torreyana S. Watson United StatesPARLSEEDNot Available2009COLLECTED07/02/20071585Desert, dwarf shrubland.Wild material1826934W6 36786
79WLP 1166GE-77Ephedra procera Fisch. & C. A. Mey. GeorgiaNA2009COLLECTEDSamckhe-Javakheti Province: Aspindza District, Near roadside between villages Nijgori and Khertvisi. Site number 6. Collector lists as Meshkheti Province, but is actually a historical name for Samckhe-Javakheti. Latitude actually: 41� 29' 59.2" N.41.49972000, 43.277110001137Dry slope, near roadside1922683WLP 1166
80NSL 449534LBJWC-PM-001Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Watson W6Not Available2007Wild material1726971NSL 449534
81W6 29951169873Ephedra californica S. Watson United StatesPARLSEEDNot Available2007COLLECTED05/04/2002719Wild material1718875W6 29951
82W6 27212198787Ephedra viridis Coville United StatesPARLSEEDNot Available2005COLLECTED07/29/20032519Pinyon-juniper woodland/sagebrush scrub. Associated with Pinus monophylla, Juniperus sp., Artemisia arbuscula, Artemisisa tridentata, Tetradymia canescens and Chrysothamnus nauseosus.Wild materialShrub .3-1 meters tall. 1674247W6 27212
83PARL 293PARL 293Ephedra sp.PARLNot Available2002Wild material1910287PARL 293
84PARL 294PARL 294Ephedra sp.PARLNot Available2002Wild material1910288PARL 294
85PARL 295263Ephedra sp. KazakhstanPARLNot Available2002COLLECTED06/04/2002Collected at Site 34.Wild material1705754PARL 295
86W6 23336KAZ-232Ephedra distachya L. KazakhstanPARLNot Available2000COLLECTED08/2000Wild material1609219W6 23336
87W6 10100W6 10100Ephedra sp. KazakhstanPARLNot Available1992COLLECTED07/21/1991Sandhills near S shore of Kapchagai Reservoir, Kapchagai Desert.400Wild materialShrub 1m tall. Codominant on sandhills.1051616W6 10100
88W6 9414Kara Kurt (Black caterpillar)Ephedra sp.Van, TurkeyPARLNot Available1986COLLECTED07/25/1985Small rocky limestone island in the Bendimahi River, 11km N of Muradiye on the road to Caldiran, Van Province.39.08333333, 43.783333331880Wild materialShrub to 0.3m. Mature fleshy bracts orange. Abundant on two small islands, but not on grazed areas on either side of river. Reported to grow on basalt slopes at higher elevations.1048496W6 9414