Equisetum

See also: equisetum

Translingual

Equisetum palustre

Etymology

From Latin equus (“horse”) + saeta (“bristle”).

Proper noun

Equisetum n

1. 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