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

"Habitat in Sibiriae montibus apricis, sterilissimis." RCN: 7514.

Lectotype (Nouviant in Bull. Murith. Soc. Valais. Sci. Nat. 116: 85, f. p. 83. 1999): Gmelin 17, Herb. Linn. No. 1200.4 (LINN) .

Current name: Ephedra distachya L. subsp. monostachya (L.) Riedl ( Ephedraceae).