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Ephedrales
| Description | Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs, the only genus in its family, Ephedraceae, and order, Ephedrales. The various species of Ephedra are widespread in many lands, native to southwestern North America, southern Europe, northern Africa, southwest and central Asia, northern China and western South America. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephedrales, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Gnetopsida : Ephedrales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Ginkgophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Ephedrales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ephedrales | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (11%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 273 - 265 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. V. Meyen. 1984. Basic features of gymnosperm systematics and phylogeny as evidenced by the fossil record. Botanical Review 50(1):1-111 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Ephedra, Efedraordningen | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephedrales |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ephedraceae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Jointfir | 918 | 273 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant |
| Regalipollenites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Elaterate |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1984 | Ephedrales Meyen p. 89 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
