PLANTS Profile for Ephedra antisyphilitica (clapweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A. Mey.
clapweed

Symbol:

EPAN

Group:

Gymnosperm

Family:

Ephedraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48

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Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. United States, TX, Del Rio, N. of town. Usage Requirements.

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Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A. Mey.

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Synonyms:
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A. Mey.

EPANB2

Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A. Mey. var. brachycarpa Cory

Distribution:
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A. Mey.


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USA (OK, TX)

Related Taxa:
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A. Mey.

View 1 genera in Ephedraceae, 19 species in Ephedra

Classification:
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A. Mey.

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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 antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A. Mey. – clapweed

More Accounts and Images:
Ephedra antisyphilitica Berl. ex C.A. Mey.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 183497.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 02:38 AM CDT