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Equisetaceae - Horsetail family
Crouch, N.R., Klopper, R.R., Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2011) Ferns of Southern Africa, A comprehensive guide Struik Nature
Jacobsen, W.B.G. (1983) The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa. Butterworths, Durban and Pretoria.
Roux, J.P. (2001) Conspectus of Southern African Pteridophyta. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report 13
Schelpe, E.A.C.L.E. (1970) Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the family
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. Worldwide: 1 genus and c. 15 species worldwide. Zambia: 1 genus and 1 taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Equisetaceae:
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Flora of Botswana: EquisetaceaeFlora of Caprivi: cultivated Equisetaceae
Flora of Malawi: Equisetaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Equisetaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Equisetaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): EquisetaceaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Equisetaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Equisetaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Equisetaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Equisetaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Equisetaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Equisetaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Equisetaceae
Wikipedia: Equisetaceae
Plants of the World Online: Equisetaceae
Tropicos: Equisetaceae
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