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Mormon-tea (Ephadra fasciculata)

Mormon-tea (Ephadra fasciculata)

This is Desert Mormon Tea from Joshua Tree, California.

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Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae DIVISION: Gnetophyta CLASS: Gnetopsida ORDER: Ephedrales FAMILY: Ephedraaceae GENUS: Ephadra SPECIES: fasciculata

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References:

Faegri, Knut and Johs Iversen, TEXTBOOK OF POLLEN ANALYSIS, Hafner Publishing Company, 1964.

Kapp, Ronald O., HOW TO KNOW POLLEN AND SPORES, Wm. C. Brown Company, 1969.

Moore, P.D., J. A. Webb, and M. E. Collinson, POLLEN ANALYSIS, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991