Ephedrales
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Vernacular names of plants within the Order Ephedrales

desert tea
ephedra
jointfir
mormon-teas

Hierarchical position of the Order Ephedrales

   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.
  

Named members of the Order Ephedrales

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   Familia  Ephedraceae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 11, 12. 1829, nom. cons.
common name: Mormon-teas
  

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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