Scientific or common name:

Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Watson

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EPHEDRACEAE - Mormon-tea family Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Watson
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Longleaf jointfir
English name: long-leaf jointfir
English name: longleaf joint-fir

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Grown habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
 

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Gnetophyta
Class: Gnetopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Ephedrales
Family: Ephedraceae
Genus: Ephedra
Species:

1) Ephedra altissima Desf. 2) Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A. Mey. 3) Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A. Mey. var. brachycarpa Cory 4) Ephedra aspera Engelm. ex S. Watson 5) Ephedra californica S. Watson 6) Ephedra californica S. Watson var. funerea (Coville & Morton) L.D. Benson 7) Ephedra clokeyi Cutler 8) Ephedra coryi E.L. Reed 9) Ephedra coryi E.L. Reed var. viscida Cutler 10) Ephedra cutleri Peebles 11) Ephedra distachya L. 12) Ephedra equisetina Bunge 13) Ephedra fasciculata A. Nelson 14) Ephedra fasciculata A. Nelson var. clokeyi (Cutler) Clokey 15) Ephedra fasciculata A. Nelson var. fasciculata 16) Ephedra fragilis Desf. 17) Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton 18) Ephedra gerardiana Wall. ex Stapf 19) Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson 20) Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson var. aspera (Engelm. ex S. Watson) L.D. Benson 21) Ephedra pedunculata Engelm. ex S. Watson 22) Ephedra reedii Cory 23) Ephedra sinica Stapf 24) Ephedra torreyana S. Watson 25) Ephedra torreyana S. Watson var. powelliorum T. Wendt 26) Ephedra torreyana S. Watson var. torreyana 27) Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Watson 28) Ephedra viridis Coville 29) Ephedra viridis Coville var. viscida (Cutler) L.D. Benson 30) Ephedra x arenicola Cutler 31) Ephedra x intermixta Cutler

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, CA, NM, TX)


Map for Ephedra trifurca Torr. ex S. Watson
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Gnetopsida

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Families
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1) Ephedraceae (Mormon-tea family) 2) Gnetaceae (Gnetum family)

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Genera (Ephedraceae)
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1) Ephedra (jointfir)

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Common names (Ephedra)
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1) (no name) 2) Arizona jointfir (Ephedra fasciculata) 3) California jointfir (Ephedra californica) 4) Chinese ephedra (Ephedra sinica) 5) Clapweed (Ephedra antisyphilitica) 6) Cory's jointfir (Ephedra coryi) 7) Cutler's jointfir (Ephedra cutleri) 8) Death Valley jointfir (Ephedra funerea) 9) Gerard jointfir (Ephedra gerardiana) 10) High-climbing jointfir (Ephedra altissima) 11) Jointfir (Ephedra distachya) 12) Longleaf jointfir (Ephedra trifurca) 13) Ma huang (Ephedra equisetina) 14) Mormon tea (Ephedra viridis) 15) Nevada jointfir (Ephedra nevadensis) 16) Rough jointfir (Ephedra aspera) 17) Torrey's jointfir (Ephedra torreyana) 18) Vine jointfir (Ephedra pedunculata)

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More species:
1) Ephedra viridis Coville [309]
2) Ephedra viridis Coville var. viscida (Cutler) L.D. Benson [110]
3) Ephedra x arenicola Cutler [411]
4) Ephemerum crassinervium (Schwägr.) Hampe var. papillosum (Austin) Renauld & Cardot [97]
5) Ephemerum serratum (Hedw.) Hampe var. minutissimum (Lindb.) Grout [110]
6) Ephemerum wrightii Müll. Hal. [115]
7) Epidendrum blancheanum auct. non Urb. [135]
8) Epidendrum ibaguense Kunth [excluded] [638]
9) Epidendrum x obrienianum Rolfe [2156]
10) Epilobium alpinum L. var. albiflorum (Suksd.) C.L. Hitchc. [195]

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