#family_Ephedraceae__Ephedraceae  ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae
  supertype:  gymnosperm_family  a family of gymnosperms
  member of:  order_Gnetales
  member:  genus_Ephedra  type and sole genus of Ephedraceae: tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubby or creeping plants native to dry and inhospitable regions
     member:  ephedra__joint_fir__jointfir  jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds

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