Table 3.

Classification Results of Ephedra samples using discriminant analysis.

Origin	Assigned species for Ephedra samples with 9 variables
	E. sinica		E. intermedia		E. przewalskii		Total	Correct (%)
E. sinica	15		2		0		17	88.2
E. intermedia	1		15		0		16	93.8
E. przewalskii	0		0		5		5	100.0
Total	16		17		5		38	92.1
Origin	Assigned origin for E. sinica samples with 11 variables
	S-NM	S-NX	S-GS	S-SX	S-SHX	S-XJ	Total	Correct (%)
S-NM	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	100.0
S-NX	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	100.0
S-GS	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	100.0
S-SX	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	100.0
S-SHX	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	100.0
S-XJ	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0
Total	4	4	3	3	2	1	17	100.0
Origin	Assigned species for E. intermedia samples with 14 variables
	S-NX			S-GS			Total	Correct (%)
S-NX	3			0			3	100
S-GS	0			13			13	100
Total	3			13			16	100