Gnetales

From Palaeos.org

<==Gnetales [Gnetopsida]
   |  i. s.: Ephedrites
   |         Gurvanella
   |         Chaoyangia liangii Duan 1998
   |         Baisianthus
   |--Dechellyia
   `--Gnetophyta
        |--Ephedra [Ephedraceae, Ephedrales]
        |    |--E. antisyphilitica
        |    |--E. distachya Linnaeus 1753
        |    |--E. drewriensis
        |    |--E. foeminea
        |    |--E. fragilis
        |    |--E. gerardiana
        |    |    |--E. g. var. gerardiana
        |    |    `--E. g. var. sikkimensis
        |    |--E. intermedia
        |    |    |--E. i. var. intermedia
        |    |    `--E. i. var. tibetica
        |    |--E. pachyclada
        |    |--E. portugallica
        |    |--E. rhytidosperma
        |    `--E. viridis
        `--+--Welwitschia [Welwitschiaceae, Welwitschiales]
           |    `--W. mirabilis Hook. f. 1862
           `--Gnetum [Gnetaceae]
                |  i. s.: G. montanum
                |--+--G. nodiflorum
                |  `--+--G. schwackeanum
                |     `--+--G. urens
                |        `--G. woodsonianum
                `--+--G. africanum
                   `--+--+--+--G. costatum
                      |  |  `--G. gnemon Linnaeus 1767
                      |  `--+--G. gnemonoides
                      |     `--G. raya
                      `--+--+--G. hainanense
                         |  `--G. parvifolium
                         `--+--+--G. ula
                            |  `--+--G. latifolium
                            |     `--G. neglectum
                            `--+--G. klossii
                               `--+--+--G. cuspidatum
                                  |  `--G. macrostachyum
                                  `--+--G. diminutum
                                     `--G. microcarpum

* Type species of generic name indicated

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