Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S.Watson [Ephedraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
long-leaf jointfir	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
longleaf ephedra	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
longleaf joint-fir	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
longleaf jointfir	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
longleaf mormon tea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mexican-tea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ephedra intermixta H.C.Cutler Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 26: 388 (1939).
Ephedra trifaria Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 359 (1868), orth. var.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ephedra trifurca	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ephedra trifurca Torr. Ex S. Watson	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Wats.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Watson	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S.Watson	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ephedra trifurca Torrey	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ephedra trifurca Torrey ex S. Watson	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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