Ephedra altissima

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Gnetophyta
classis = Gnetopsida
ordo = Ephedrales
familia = Ephedraceae
genus = "Ephedra"
species = "E. altissima"
binomial = "Ephedra altissima"
binomial_authority = Desf.

"Ephedra altissima" is a species of "Ephedra" that is native to northern Africa. It was originally described by René Louiche Desfontaines in 1799 and placed in section "Pseudobaccatae" (=sect. "Ephedra"), "tribe" "Scandentes". In 1996 Robert A. Price classified "E. altissima" in section "Ephedra" without recognizing a tribe.Price, R. A. (1996). Systematics of the Gnetales: A review of morphological and molecular evidence. "International Journal of Plant Sciences", 157(6): S40-S49.]

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