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Equisetites

Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae

Discussion

Proposed for conservation against its disused taxonomic synonym, Oncylogonatum Koenig (1827), by Doweld (in Taxon 62: 837. 2013).

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Taxonomy
Equisetites was named by Sternberg (1833).

It was assigned to Equisetales by Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chandra and Tewari (1991); and to Equisetaceae by Jain and Delevoryas (1967) and Taylor and Taylor (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Equisetites Sternberg p. 43
1967Equisetites Jain and Delevoryas
1976Equisetites Lakhanpal et al.
1991Equisetites Chandra and Tewari
1993Equisetites Taylor and Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassEquisetidaeWarm 1883
RankNameAuthor
orderEquisetalesDumortier 1829
familyEquisetaceaeDe Candolle 1804
genusEquisetitesSternberg 1833

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. †Equisetites Sternberg 1833
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Equisetites conicus Sternberg 1833
Equisetites keuperina Morton 1863
Equisetites mougeoti Brongniart 1828
Equisetites pusillus Villar de Seoane 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available