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Ephedra foeminea

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA GNETOPSIDA EPHEDRALES EPHEDRACEAE

Scientific Name: Ephedra foeminea
Species Authority: Forssk.
Synonym/s:
Ephedra campylopoda C.A.Mey.
Ephedra fragilis Desf. subspecies campylopoda (C.A.Mey.) K.Richt.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2011
Assessor/s: Bell, A. & Bachman, S.
Reviewer/s: Hilton-Taylor, C. & Lutz, M.L.
Contributor/s:
Justification:
E. foeminea is widespread and has a stable population at present. No significant threats have been identified so a rating of Least Concern is given.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Distributed across the southeastern Mediterranean from Italy and Greece to Cyprus, Lebanon, Israel and Jordan. Extends further south to Sinai, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. More recently it has been reported from northeast Africa in Eritrea and Djibouti (Freitag and Maier-Stolte 2003). A disjunct population from Libya was also reported in Browicz (1991). Occurs from sea level up to 2,600 m.
Countries:
Native:
Albania; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Greece (East Aegean Is., Kriti); Israel; Italy; Jordan; Lebanon; Libya; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; Syrian Arab Republic; Turkey; Yemen
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Population [top]

Population: Is rare to abundant across its range.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: A climbing or scrambling shrub, found in a variety of habitats from sparse maquis, phrygana to Mediterranean woodlands (including Juniperus phoenicea). Occurs on cliffs, in ravines and on bare rocks. Flowers from March to November and fruits August to January.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no major threats known at present.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Throughout its range it overlaps numerous protected areas. Samples can be found growing in at least ten botanic gardens and samples have been collected for ex situ conservation as part of the Millennium Seed Bank project.
Citation: Bell, A. & Bachman, S. 2011. Ephedra foeminea. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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