Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Ephedra monostachya in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 1040 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Ephedra distachya L. ssp. monostachya (L.) Riedl
original Latin diagnosis
Ephedra pedunculis pluribus, amentis solitariis.
English translation
Ephedra with peduncles many; [and] with aments solitary.
| Ephedra | Ephedra |
| with peduncles | pedunculis - ablative plural of second declension masculine noun pedunculus, -i |
| many; | pluribus - ablative plural masculine of comparative degree of group A adjective multus, -a, -um; modifies pedunculis |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| with aments | amentis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun amentum, -i |
| solitary. | solitariis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective solitarius, -a, -um; modifies amentis |