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Equisetum arvense Linnaeus 1753 (horsetail)

Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Belongs to Equisetum according to F. H. Knowlton 1919

See also Linnaeus 1753

Sister taxa: Equisetum abiquiense, Equisetum arcticum, Equisetum burchardti, Equisetum canaliculatum, Equisetum cascadensis, Equisetum collieri, Equisetum columnare, Equisetum deciduum, Equisetum florissantense, Equisetum fluviatile, Equisetum globulosum, Equisetum haguei, Equisetum haydenii, Equisetum hyemale, Equisetum knowltoni, Equisetum laevigatum, Equisetum lesquereuxii, Equisetum limosum, Equisetum lyellii, Equisetum magnum, Equisetum meriani, Equisetum mokhotlongensis, Equisetum montanense, Equisetum muensteri, Equisetum newberryi, Equisetum oregonense, Equisetum palustre, Equisetum parlatorii, Equisetum perlaevigatum, Equisetum phillipsii, Equisetum rajmahalense, Equisetum robustum, Equisetum rogersii, Equisetum scirpoides, Equisetum similkamense, Equisetum sylvaticum, Equisetum texense, Equisetum wyomingense

Distribution: found only at Lower Pennsylvanian Calamite Leaves and Twigs (Carboniferous of Kentucky)

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