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Equisetum L.

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New Zealand
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L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
1061
ICN
Equisetum L.
Equisetum arvense L.
genus
Equisetum
From the Latin equus (horse), and seta (bristle), a reference to the resemblance of the vegetative stem to a horse's tail.

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Equisetales
Equisetaceae
Equisetum

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Equisetum L.

Underground stems creeping, freely branching; aerial stems upright, often bearing whorls of branches, usually with a central hollow surrounded by 2 rings of alternating smaller cavities. Lvs in sheathing whorls at the nodes, small and brownish, toothed at the apices. Several sporangia borne on adaxial surface of heads of sporangiophores. Strobili usually terminal on main aerial stems.

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Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Biosecurity New Zealand (2008)
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Biosecurity New Zealand (2012)
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Biosecurity New Zealand (4 Aug 2011)
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Hauke, R.L. (1990)
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Kramer, K.U.; Green, P.S. (1990)
Equisetum L.
Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC.
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Ministry for Primary Industries (23 Feb 2017)
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Thomson, A.D. (1979)
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Equisetum L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Equisetum L.
Nepal
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Equisetum L.
United Kingdom
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Etymology
From the Latin equus (horse), and seta (bristle), a reference to the resemblance of the vegetative stem to a horse's tail.

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 February 2015
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