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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Ephedraceae

Hierarchical position of the Family Ephedraceae

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Pinophyta Cronquist syn. Coniferophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: conifers, gymnosperms       Subdivisio  Gnetophytina Cronquist pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 69. 29 Apr 1996.       Classis  Ephedropsida L.D. Benson ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 69. 29 Apr 1996.       Subclassis  Ephedridae Cronquist pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 69. 29 Apr 1996.       Ordo  Ephedrales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 11. 1829.       Familia  Ephedraceae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 11, 12. 1829, nom. cons. common name: Mormon-teas

Named members of the Family Ephedraceae

1	Subfamilia  Ephedroideae Kostel. pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 322. Jan-Jun 1833.
	2    Tribus  Ephedreae Rchb. pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1(2): 156. Jan-Apr 1831.      3    Genus  Ephedra L. pub. (1753) common name: jointfir

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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