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Calamites

Taxonomy
Calamites was named by Schlotheim (1820). It is not extant. Its type is Calamites cannaeformis.

It was assigned to Plantae by Andrews (1970).

Species
C. cannaeformis (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. cistii, C. kutorgae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Calamites Schlotheim
1970Calamites Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
RankNameAuthor
genusCalamitesSchlotheim 1820

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Calamites Schlotheim 1820
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†Calamites cannaeformis Schlotheim 1820
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available