EphedraceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Ephedra viridis Colville
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- Common Name: Mormon Tea, Green Joint-fir
- Family: Ephedraceae Dumort.
- Country of Origin: Southwestern N. America - California to Colorado and Arizona
- Habitat: Stony slopes and gravel terraces, often on limestone.
- Description: Although used for medicinal purposes in the past, ephedrine and pseudo-ephedrine have only been detectable in Eurasian species of Ephedra
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 199300447
- Source: Chiltern Seed Co.
- Accession Date: 04-15-1993
- Bench: 2209 - XER:Mohave/Great Basin
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-14-2009
Classification:- Division: Gnetophyta
- Class: Ephedropsida
- SubClass: gnetophytes
- Order: Ephedrales
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- Family: Ephedraceae
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References:
- Caveney et al., New observations on the secondary chemistry of world Ephedra (Ephedraceae), (American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:1199-1208.)
- The Gymnosperm Database
- Plants For A Future Website
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