PLANTS Profile for Ephedra funerea (Death Valley jointfir)

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PLANTS Profile

Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton
Death Valley jointfir

Symbol:

EPFU

Group:

Gymnosperm

Family:

Ephedraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. May 23, 2002. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton

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Synonyms:
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton

EPCAF

Ephedra californica S. Watson var. funerea (Coville & Morton) L.D. Benson

Distribution:
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton


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USA (AZ, CA, NV)

Related Taxa:
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton

View 1 genera in Ephedraceae, 19 species in Ephedra

Classification:
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Gnetophyta – Mormon tea and other gnetophytes
Class	Gnetopsida
Order	Ephedrales
Family	Ephedraceae – Mormon-tea family
Genus	Ephedra L. – jointfir
Species	Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton – Death Valley jointfir

More Accounts and Images:
Ephedra funerea Coville & Morton

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 508105.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 07:38 AM CDT