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Ephedraceae (jointfir)
Taxonomy
Ephedraceae was named by Dumortier (1829). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ephedrales by Dumortier (1829) and Meyen (1984); to Gnetopsida by Mabberley (2000); and to Gnetales by Cladera et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Ephedrales by Dumortier (1829) and Meyen (1984); to Gnetopsida by Mabberley (2000); and to Gnetales by Cladera et al. (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1829 | Ephedraceae Dumortier p. 11 |
| 1984 | Ephedraceae Meyen p. 89 |
| 2000 | Ephedraceae Mabberley |
| 2007 | Ephedraceae Cladera et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Ephedraceae Dumortier 1829 [jointfir]
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G. †Ephedrites Göppert and Berendt 1845
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†Ephedrites johnianus Goeppert and Berendt 1845
†Ephedrites vernonensis Fontaine 1905
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Holocene or 166.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 163.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 163.5 Ma
Collections (48 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callovian | France | Ephedrites antiquus (24396) | |
| Aptian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Ephedra verticillata (150879) | |
| Aptian | Mexico (Chiapas) | Ephedra sp. (68835) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Danian | Antarctica | Ephedra notensis (168697) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene - Danian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Ephedra notensis (168705) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Missouri) | Ephedra voluta type (231963 231965 232056) | |
| Paleocene - Eocene | USA (Virginia) | Ephedra voluta (233017) | |
| Eocene | USA (Missouri) | Ephedra claricristata (231933) Ephedra hungarica (231931) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Alabama) | Ephedra hungarica type (236389) | |
| Middle Eocene | Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) | Ephedra sp. (169358) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Virginia) | Ephedra fusiformis (231698) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Ephedra miocenica (24209) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | USA (Maryland) | Ephedra sp. (231836) | |
| Chattian | Azerbaijan | Ephedra sp. (116637) | |
| Aquitanian | Azerbaijan | Ephedra sp. (116623 116633) | |
| Miocene | USA (Maryland) | Ephedra sp. (231835) | |
| Burdigalian | Azerbaijan | Ephedra sp. (116625 116627 116629 116635) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Ephedra fragilis (28443) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Virginia) | Ephedra sp. (126605) | |
| Tortonian | Turkey (Yalova) | Ephedra sp. (184470) | |
| Pliocene | Portugal | Ephedra sp. (232124) | |
| Pleistocene | India (Kashmir) | Ephedra sp. (224612 224613 224614 224751) | |
| Quaternary | India (Rajasthan) | Ephedra sp. (228785 228789 228811 228812) | |
| Quaternary | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Ephedra sp. (228760 228761 228776) | |
| Ionian (interglacial) | Italy (Apulia) | Ephedra sp. (157640) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Ephedra sp. (38321) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Washington) | Ephedra sp. (93677) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Ephedra viridis (93326) | |
| Holocene | India (Himachal Pradesh) | Ephedra sp. (228780 228781) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Ephedra sp. (228762 228763) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Ephedra sp. (136951) |