Ephedra distachya Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1040. 1753.

"Habitat in G. Narbonensis, Hispaniae saxosis collibus marinis." RCN: 7513.

Lectotype (Nouviant in Bull. Murith. Soc. Valais. Sci. Nat. 114: 132, f. 1. 1996): Herb. Clifford: 465, Ephedra 1 (BM-000647523) .

Generitype of Ephedra Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 192. 1929).

Current name: Ephedra distachya L. ( Ephedraceae).