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Which family contains the genus Ephedra?
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Gnetophyte
Welwitschia, or tumboa (Welwitschia mirabilis), in Namibia.
The genus Ephedra belongs to the family Ephedraceae. This family is part of the division Gnetophyta, which consists of three families across three distinct orders.123