Ginkgoopsida - Ephedrales - Ephedraceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200
Parent taxon: Ephedraceae according to B. C. Dumortier 1829
See also Chauhan 1991, Cladera et al. 2007 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxon: Ephedrites
Subtaxa: Ephedra distachya
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), India (15), Italy (2), United States (2: Utah, Washington)
• Pliocene of Portugal (1)
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (6), Poland (1), Turkey (1), United States (2: Maryland, Virginia)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Maryland)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), United States (4: Colorado, Missouri, Virginia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Virginia)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), United States (3: Missouri)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Antarctica (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Mexico (1)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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