| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel, 1866 - plants |
| divisio | Gnetophyta |
| class | Ephedropsida Reveal |
| order | Ephedrales Dumortier |
| family | Ephedraceae Dumortier |
| genus | Ephedra L. - jointfir |
| species | Ephedra likiangensis Florin |