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Details for: Ephedra altissima
Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Name: Ephedra altissima Desf.
Nomencl. ref.: Fl. Atlant. 2: 371. 1799
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Gnetopsida Kirpotenko
                    Subclassis - Gnetidae Pax
                         Ordo - Ephedrales Dumort.
                              Familia - Ephedraceae Dumort.
                                   Genus - Ephedra Tourn. ex L.
                                       
Homotypic synonyms: Chaetocladus altissima (Desf.) J. Nelson
Heterotypic synonyms: Ephedra wettsteinii Buxb.
 
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: Ag Ca Li Ma Tn