Ephedra lomatolepis Schrenk (Ephedraceae Dumort.) – a new species for the European flora

The article presents for the first time for the flora of Europe the species Ephedra lomatolepis Schrenk, discovered by us on Mount Bolshoe Bogdo based on the results of the inventory of the flora of the Bogdinsko-Baskunchaksky State Nature Reserve. The differences between E. lomatolepis and E. distachya L. are presented.