| Ephedraceae Temporal range:
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| Ephedra nevadensis | |
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| Restoration of Arlenea from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Gnetophyta |
| Class: | Gnetopsida |
| Order: | Ephedrales Dumort.[2] |
| Family: | Ephedraceae Dumort.[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Ephedra | |
| Other genera | |
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Ephedraceae is a family of gymnosperms belonging to Gnetophyta, it contains only a single extant genus, Ephedra, as well as a number of extinct genera from the Early Cretaceous.
- ^ Kramer KU, Green PS, Götz E (1990). Kramer KU, Green PS (eds.). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Vol. 1: Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 379–381. ISBN 3540517944.
- ^ "Ephedrales Dumort". EU-NOMEN. Retrieved 20 January 2016.