Equisetaceae
Family in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
© S Drozd Lund (licence)
Horsetails
Terrestrial perennial plants with creeping subterranean rhizomes, roots borne in whorls at the nodes. Aerial stems erect, green, 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 (sporangiophores) borne at the ends of the main vegetative stems and rarely the branches too... © Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings (licence)
See more in the Encyclopedia of Life... Definition
- Genera
- Taxonomic Completion
33.33%
1 of 3 accepted Genera- Global Pollen Project UUID
- a03acc46-3687-439c-84fb-66a39ed4c9b5
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
This taxon is currently linked to the following locations.
The Plant ListGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility