Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC.

Details

Name scientific

Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC., Essai Propr. Méd. Pl. 49 (1804)

Preferred name

Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC.

Taxonomy reference

Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Zhang, X.-C.; Schneider, H. 2011: A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 7–54.

Linked name

Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC. 1804

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Authors

Michx. ex DC.

Original authors

DC.

Publication place

Candolle, A.P. de 1804: Essai sur les propriétés médicales des plantes. Didot, Paris.

Year published

1804

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC.

Type taxon

Equisetum L.

Taxonomic rank

family

Canonical form

Equisetaceae

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Polypodiopsida

Order

Equisetales

Family

Equisetaceae

Subordinates

Equisetum

Descriptions

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.

Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC.

Description

Stems siliceous, longitudinally grooved, jointed. Lvs each with 1 unbranched vein, united into whorls, sheathing the stems at nodes. Sporangia borne on stalked, peltate sporangiophores arranged in whorls to form distinct strobili. Homosporous; spores with chlorophyll and 4 elaters. Gametophytes green and surface-living.