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Equisetaceae - Horsetail family
Literature
Burrows, J.E. (1990) Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies. Frandsen, Sandton.
Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13
Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta FZ
Description of the family
Terrestrial plants with creeping subterranean rhizomes. Aerial stems erect, hollow, jointed, conspicuously ribbed, with whorls of branches at the nodes; the branches themselves also jointed. Leaves reduced to a many-toothed short sheath at each node. Cones borne at the ends of the main stems and rarely the branches too. Worldwide: 1 genus and 15 species, almost cosmopolitan. |
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| Genus | Content |
| Equisetum L. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Equisetaceae:
Flora of Mozambique: EquisetaceaeGRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Equisetaceae
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