Gnetophytes

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The Genetophytes is a division of plants (alternatively considered the order Gnetales), grouped within the gymnosperms (which also includes conifers, cycads, and ginkgos), that consists of some 70 species across the three relict genera: Gnetum (family Gnetaceae), Welwitschia (family Welwitschiaceae) and Ephedra (family Ephedraceae).