Equisetum ramosissimum

Equisetum ramosissimum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Pteridophyta
Class:Equisetopsida
Order:Equisetales
Family:Equisetaceae
Genus:Equisetum
Subgenus:E. subg. Hippochaete
Species: E. ramosissimum
Binomial name
Equisetum ramosissimum
Desf.[1]

Equisetum ramosissimum Desf., known as branched horsetail,[2] is a species of evergreen horsetail (genus Equisetum, subgenus Hippochaete).[1] It is not the same species as Equisetum ramosissimum Kunth, which is a synonym of Equisetum giganteum.[3]

Botanists today recognize two subspecies. The type subspecies, ramosissimum, is native through much of Asia, Europe, and Africa, with an introduced population in the southeast United States. The subspecies debile, sometimes treated as a species, is found in southeast Asia and some Pacific islands. The type subspecies has more obvious branching from the aerial stem than the debile subspecies.[4]

Vegetative growth

References

  1. 1 2 "Equisetum ramosissimum", The Plant List, retrieved 2016-01-05
  2. ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ↑ "Equisetum giganteum L. – Synonyms", Tropicos, retrieved 2016-01-05
  4. ↑ ""Equisetum ramosissimum in Flora of China"", Flora of China (eflora), retrieved 2016-12-28


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