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Ephedraceae

Ephedra andina Poepp. & Endl.

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  • Family: Ephedraceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: Chile, Atacama Desert
  • Habitat: fog desert, lomas formation

  • Description: Plants found in plant communities known as lomas formations where a dense fog, locally known as camanchaca, nourishes plant communities.
    More detail on Lomas Formations can be found at the Andean Botanical Information System website.
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200100026
  • Source: Hortus Botanicus Nationalis
  • Provenance: Hortus Botanicus Nationalis - Laboratorium dendroflorae - Latvia - 2000 Index Seminum #55
  • Accession Date: 03-26-2001
  • Bench: 1301 - Stapeliads, Welwitschia, Ephedra
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-28-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Gnetophyta
  • Class: Ephedropsida
  • SubClass: gnetophytes
  • Order: Ephedrales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Ephedraceae
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Andean Botanical Information System

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