Ephedra 258 claims

genus · family Ephedraceae · green plant · NCBI Taxonomy ↗

Common name: ma huang — Also written in claims: Ma Huang · Mahuang · Mormon-Tea

19 spellings

Ephedra · picture of the genus (one of its species)Frank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ephedra showed spectral divergence from shrubs and rocks, notably at 750 nm.

Taxon: ephedraEphedrae2
Outcome: spectral divergencee2
Value: 750 nme2
Comparator: shrubs and rockse2

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“There was spectral divergence by ephedra against shrubs and rocks notably in the range 750 nm”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 957–1050

Title

UAV mounted spectrometry camera solution for detecting illicit cannabis and ephedra plantations

Dmitry Mikhaylov; Devadas R. Thangavelloo; Natalia Zolotykh; et al. Discover Applied Sciences 2025. doi:10.1007/s42452-025-07693-9

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Method / resource Cannabis could be differentiated from nettle, stubble and grass in the 500–820 nm range.
Observation Digital mapping visualised plant groupings according to their spectral signatures.
Method / resource The UAV hyperspectral strategy is quicker, less costly and as accurate as satellite monitoring.

Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

SRAP markers revealed a male-specific band absent from females.

Taxon: EphedraEphedrat0
Outcome: exclusively male-specific bande0
Comparator: femalese0

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“The SRAP marker results revealed an exclusively male-specific band, and this is not applicable in females in the studied species”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 746–874

t0
“Ephedra”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 68–75

Title

Application of SRAP Markers to Identify Gender and Species in Genus Ephedra Tourn. ex L.

Najla A. Al Shaye; Wafaa M. Amer; Mahmoud O. Hassan; et al. Diversity 2025. doi:10.3390/d17090600

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Method / resource SRAP markers grouped males and females into different UPGMA clusters.
Method / resource The SRAP markers distinguished males and females in the five species.
Observation PIC values were low, at 0.16–0.38, suggesting moderate diversity among females.
Recommendation The authors recommend SRAP markers for conserving and propagating female plants for ephedrine production.
Recommendation The authors suggest sequencing the 95 bp male-specific band to test whether it is a known sex-linked gene.

Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

SRAP markers grouped males and females into different UPGMA clusters.

Taxon: EphedraEphedrat0
Outcome: different UPGMA clusterse0
Comparator: femalese0

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“The applied SRAP markers grouped males and females in different UPGMA clusters”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 876–954

t0
“Ephedra”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 68–75

Title

Application of SRAP Markers to Identify Gender and Species in Genus Ephedra Tourn. ex L.

Najla A. Al Shaye; Wafaa M. Amer; Mahmoud O. Hassan; et al. Diversity 2025. doi:10.3390/d17090600

Other claims from this paper (5)

Method / resource SRAP markers revealed a male-specific band absent from females.
Method / resource The SRAP markers distinguished males and females in the five species.
Observation PIC values were low, at 0.16–0.38, suggesting moderate diversity among females.
Recommendation The authors recommend SRAP markers for conserving and propagating female plants for ephedrine production.
Recommendation The authors suggest sequencing the 95 bp male-specific band to test whether it is a known sex-linked gene.

Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The SRAP markers distinguished males and females in the five species.

Taxon: EphedraEphedrat0
Outcome: distinguishing between males and femalese0
Value: five studied speciese0

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“proved their efficiency in distinguishing between males and females in the five studied species”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 959–1054

t0
“Ephedra”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 68–75

Title

Application of SRAP Markers to Identify Gender and Species in Genus Ephedra Tourn. ex L.

Najla A. Al Shaye; Wafaa M. Amer; Mahmoud O. Hassan; et al. Diversity 2025. doi:10.3390/d17090600

Other claims from this paper (5)

Method / resource SRAP markers revealed a male-specific band absent from females.
Method / resource SRAP markers grouped males and females into different UPGMA clusters.
Observation PIC values were low, at 0.16–0.38, suggesting moderate diversity among females.
Recommendation The authors recommend SRAP markers for conserving and propagating female plants for ephedrine production.
Recommendation The authors suggest sequencing the 95 bp male-specific band to test whether it is a known sex-linked gene.

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

PIC values were low, at 0.16–0.38, suggesting moderate diversity among females.

Taxon: EphedraEphedrat0
Outcome: Polymorphic Information Content (PIC) valuese0
Direction: lowe0
Value: 0.16–0.38e0
Qualifier: moderate genetic diversity between the femalese0

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“The Polymorphic Information Content (PIC) values are low (0.16–0.38); this suggests moderate genetic diversity between the females of the studied species”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1056–1209

t0
“Ephedra”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 68–75

Title

Application of SRAP Markers to Identify Gender and Species in Genus Ephedra Tourn. ex L.

Najla A. Al Shaye; Wafaa M. Amer; Mahmoud O. Hassan; et al. Diversity 2025. doi:10.3390/d17090600

Other claims from this paper (5)

Method / resource SRAP markers revealed a male-specific band absent from females.
Method / resource SRAP markers grouped males and females into different UPGMA clusters.
Method / resource The SRAP markers distinguished males and females in the five species.
Recommendation The authors recommend SRAP markers for conserving and propagating female plants for ephedrine production.
Recommendation The authors suggest sequencing the 95 bp male-specific band to test whether it is a known sex-linked gene.

Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

The authors recommend SRAP markers for conserving and propagating female plants for ephedrine production.

Taxon: EphedraEphedrat0
Outcome: use of SRAP markers for conserving and propagating female plants for ephedrine productione0

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e0
“This study recommends the use of SRAP markers for conserving and propagating female plants for ephedrine production”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1432–1547

t0
“Ephedra”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 68–75

Title

Application of SRAP Markers to Identify Gender and Species in Genus Ephedra Tourn. ex L.

Najla A. Al Shaye; Wafaa M. Amer; Mahmoud O. Hassan; et al. Diversity 2025. doi:10.3390/d17090600

Other claims from this paper (5)

Method / resource SRAP markers revealed a male-specific band absent from females.
Method / resource SRAP markers grouped males and females into different UPGMA clusters.
Method / resource The SRAP markers distinguished males and females in the five species.
Observation PIC values were low, at 0.16–0.38, suggesting moderate diversity among females.
Recommendation The authors suggest sequencing the 95 bp male-specific band to test whether it is a known sex-linked gene.

Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

The authors suggest sequencing the 95 bp male-specific band to test whether it is a known sex-linked gene.

Taxon: EphedraEphedrat0
Outcome: sequencing a 95 bp male-specific bande0
Value: 95 bpe0

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e0
“suggests sequencing a 95 bp male-specific band to determine if it corresponds to a known sex-linked gene”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1552–1656

t0
“Ephedra”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 68–75

Title

Application of SRAP Markers to Identify Gender and Species in Genus Ephedra Tourn. ex L.

Najla A. Al Shaye; Wafaa M. Amer; Mahmoud O. Hassan; et al. Diversity 2025. doi:10.3390/d17090600

Other claims from this paper (5)

Method / resource SRAP markers revealed a male-specific band absent from females.
Method / resource SRAP markers grouped males and females into different UPGMA clusters.
Method / resource The SRAP markers distinguished males and females in the five species.
Observation PIC values were low, at 0.16–0.38, suggesting moderate diversity among females.
Recommendation The authors recommend SRAP markers for conserving and propagating female plants for ephedrine production.

Observationauthor interpretationoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Ephedra was reported to survive and thrive across varied soil types and environmental stresses.

Taxon: ephedraEphedrae0
Outcome: survive and thrivee0
Direction: thrivee0
Setting: a variety of soil types and environmental stressese0

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“the remarkable ecological resilience of ephedra, confirming its ability to survive and thrive in a variety of soil types and environmental stresses”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1274–1421

Title

The Resilience of Ephedra Alata Decne in Two Regions of Egypt: Soil Properties, Tissues Anatomy, and Physiological Responses

Elsayed M. Ibrahim; Ali A. Badawy; Nady AE. Ghanem Egyptian Journal of Soil Science 2025. doi:10.21608/ejss.2025.386103.2183

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Five Ephedra species were identified in the Egyptian flora.

Taxon: EphedraEphedrae0
Outcome: five speciese0
Setting: Egyptiane0

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“The taxonomic revision revealed that the Genus Ephedra was represented in the Egyptian flora by five species, Ephedra alata in section Alatae and E. aphylla, E. ciliata, E. foemina, and E. pachyclada in section Ephedra.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 850–1069

Title

Taxonomic Revision of Genus Ephedra Tourn. ex L. in Egypt with Intra-Gender Diversity in Morphometric Traits and Fatty Acid Composition

Maha H. Khalaf; Wafaa M. Amer; Najla A. Al Shaye; et al. Plants 2024. doi:10.3390/plants13172442

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Observation South Sinai contained all five species and was the Egyptian diversity center for Ephedra.
Method / resource Vegetative characters separated the five Ephedra species in PCA.
Observation Cone traits showed variation between genders in hierarchical clustering.
Method / resource A morphology-based key was developed to distinguish Ephedra species by gender.
Observation Fifty-one fatty acids were identified in the studied Ephedra species.
Observation Vegetative lipid content and fatty acid composition differed significantly among species and genders without cones.
Method / resource Fatty acids can identify Ephedra species lacking reproductive cones.
Recommendation The authors recommend a multidisciplinary approach for future Ephedra identification studies.

Recommendationauthor interpretationoriginal resultbasis n/a

Claim · model-written summary

The authors recommend a multidisciplinary approach for future Ephedra identification studies.

Taxon: EphedraEphedrae0
Outcome: multidisciplinary approache0

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“This study proved the efficacy of a multidisciplinary approach to identify Ephedra species at the gender level and recommends this trend for future studies of this genus.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1977–2147

Title

Taxonomic Revision of Genus Ephedra Tourn. ex L. in Egypt with Intra-Gender Diversity in Morphometric Traits and Fatty Acid Composition

Maha H. Khalaf; Wafaa M. Amer; Najla A. Al Shaye; et al. Plants 2024. doi:10.3390/plants13172442

Other claims from this paper (8)

Observation Five Ephedra species were identified in the Egyptian flora.
Observation South Sinai contained all five species and was the Egyptian diversity center for Ephedra.
Method / resource Vegetative characters separated the five Ephedra species in PCA.
Observation Cone traits showed variation between genders in hierarchical clustering.
Method / resource A morphology-based key was developed to distinguish Ephedra species by gender.
Observation Fifty-one fatty acids were identified in the studied Ephedra species.
Observation Vegetative lipid content and fatty acid composition differed significantly among species and genders without cones.
Method / resource Fatty acids can identify Ephedra species lacking reproductive cones.