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Ephedraceae

family of plants
Taxon taxon Q10376735
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Ephedraceae

Summary

Ephedraceae is a taxon[1]. Ephedraceae ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ephedraceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Ephedraceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Ephedraceae is classified within Gnetophyta[5].
  • Ephedraceae belongs to the parent taxon Ephedrales[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Ephedraceae is Ephedraceae[7].
  • Ephedraceae's Commons category is recorded as Ephedraceae[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Ephedraceae is Ephedra[9].
  • Ephedraceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ephedraceae[10].
  • Ephedraceae's described at URL is recorded as http://delta-intkey.com/gymno/www/ephedrac.htm[11].
  • Ephedraceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7[12].
  • Ephedraceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=414[13].
  • Ephedraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Meerträubelgewächse'}[14].
  • Ephedraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Efedráceas'}[15].
  • Ephedraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Csikófarkfélék'}[16].
  • Ephedraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Efedraväxter'}[17].
  • Ephedraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '麻黄科'}[18].
  • Ephedraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '麻黄科'}[19].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Ephedraceae is Ephedraceae[7]. Ephedraceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Gnetophyta[5] and Ephedrales[6]. The taxonomic type of Ephedraceae is Ephedra[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Meerträubelgewächse'}[14], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Efedráceas'}[15], {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Csikófarkfélék'}[16], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Efedraväxter'}[17], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '麻黄科'}[18], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '麻黄科'}[19].

Identifiers

Ephedraceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53880[20]. Ephedraceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 3386[21]. Ephedraceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4093[22]. Ephedraceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3114[23]. Ephedraceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 183495[24].

Why It Matters

Ephedraceae ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).[2] Ephedraceae has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Ephedraceae is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Appendix IIB: Conserved and rejected names of families of bryophytes and spermatophytes. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 7. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Ephedraceae
    Taxon rank → family
    Taxonomic type → Ephedra
    Instance of → —
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