Common name: Mormon Tea, Green Joint-fir
Family: Ephedraceae
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Country of Origin: Southwestern N. America - California to Colorado and Arizona
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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Source: Chiltern Seed Co.
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- Division: Gnetophyta
- Class: Gnetopsida
- SubClass: Gnetidae
- 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
- Ephedra viridis at USDA Plants Database. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
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