EQUISETUM TAXONOMY       

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General Taxonomic Position by Radoslaw Janusz Walkowiak

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                Phylum                :              Equisetophyta ( B. Boivin )

                Classis                 :              Equisetopsida   ( C. Agardh )

                Subclassis          :              Equisetidae        ( Engl. & Gilg )

                Ordo                     :              Equisetales        ( Dumort. )

                Subordo              :              Equisetineae     ( Rabenh. )

                Familia                :              Equistaceae       ( Michx. ex DC. )

                Subfamilia         :              Equisetoideae   ( Eaton. )

                                               Familia - Equisetaceae

                                               Genus – Equisetum

                                               Subgenus – Equisetum, Horsetails

                                               Infragenus, Section - Equisetum

                                                               fluviatile
                                                               palustre

                                                               bogotense
                                                               diffusum

                                                               telmateia


                                               Infragenus, Section - Heterophyadica

                                                               arvense

                                                               sylvaticum
                                                               pratense

 

                            Subgenus – Hippochaete, Scouring Rushes

                                               Infragenus, Section - Incunabula

                                                               giganteum

                                               Infragenus, Section - Ambigua

                                                               ramosissimum

                                                               myriochaetum
                                                               laevigatum

                                               Infragenus, Section – Hippochaete, Scouring Rushes

                                               Infrasubgenus, Subsection - Perennantia

                                                               hyemale

                                               Infrasubgenus, Subsection - Homocormia

                                                               variegatum

                                                               scirpoides

 

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                Superregnum   :              Eucaryota

                Regnum              :              Sphenobionta = Vegetabilia = Plantae

                Subregnum       :              Cryptogamae = Archegoniatae

                Infraregnum     :              Pterydophyta = Pteridophyta

               

                Divissio / Phylum           :             

                Sphenophyta = Equisetophyta = Sphenophytina = Equisetophytina = Articulatae

 

                Classis                 :              Sphenopsida = Equisetopsida

                Subclassis          :              Equisetidae

                Ordo                     :              Equisetales

                Subordo              :              Equisetineae

                Familia                :              Equisetaceae

                Subfamilia         :              Equisetoideae

               

                Genus                  :              Equisetum


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                Class                                    :              Equisetopsida

                Order                                   :              Equisetales       

                Family                                 :              Equisetaceae = Schachtelhalmgewächse = Horsetails   

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                Genus                                  :              Equisetum L., Sp. Pl.: 1061 (1753)

               

                                                                              = Allostelites, C. Börn.; Fl. Deutsche Volk 59, 283 (1912)

                                                                              = Hippochaete, Milde; Bot. Zeit. 23: 297 (1865)

                                                                              = Presla Dulac, Fl. Haute-Pyrenees 25 (1867)


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Species  &  Hybrids :

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LITERATURE :



HAUKE, R. L. 1978. 

A  taxonomic  monograph  of  Equisetum  subgenus  Equisetum. 

Nova Hedwigia 30: 385–455.


HAUKE, R. L. 1963.

A  taxonomic  monograph  of  the  genus  Equisetum  subgenus Hippochaete.

Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 8: 1–123.


HAUKE, R. L. 1966. 

A systematic study of Equisetum arvense.

Nova Hedwigia 13: 81–109.



developed on the basis 
Walkowiak R. J., Equisetum Taxonomy, IEA Paper 2008, Version of 2008-10-04, Retrieved 2011-11-07

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