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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:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: EquisetaceaeFlora of Malawi: Equisetaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Equisetaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Equisetaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): EquisetaceaeGoogle: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Equisetaceae
Wikipedia: Equisetaceae
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