Equisetum
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Equisetum palustre
See also: equisetum
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin equus (“horse”) + saeta (“bristle”).
Proper noun
Equisetum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Equisetaceae – horsetails.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Streptophytina - subphylum; Embryophyta, Tracheophyta, Euphyllophyta - clades; Polypodiopsida - class; Equisetidae - subclass; Equisetales - order; Equisetaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): E. subg. Equisetum, Equisetum. subg. Hippochaete - subgenera
- Equisetum arvense (field horsetail, common horsetail) - type species; Equisetum hyemale (scouring rush, rough horsetail), Equisetum variegatum (variegated horsetail), Equisetum pratense (meadow horsetail, shade horsetail, shady horsetail), Equisetum palustre (swamp horsetail), Equisetum scirpoides (dwarf horsetail), Equisetum telmateia (great horsetail), Equisetum fluviatile (water horsetail), Equisetum sylvaticum (wood horsetail) - selected other species
References
Equisetum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Equisetum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Equisetum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Equisetum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Equisetum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Equisetum at USDA Plants database
- Equisetum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Equisetum at Tropicos
- Equisetum at World Register of Marine Species
- Equisetum at The Plant List
- Equisetum at Paleobiology Database
