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Equisetum (Hippochaete)  (Milde) Baker
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1215024

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subgenus  
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  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionPolypodiophytina   
                   ClassPolypodiopsida  – leptosporangiate ferns  
                      SubclassEquisetidae   
                         OrderEquisetales   
                            FamilyEquisetaceae  – horsetails  
                               GenusEquisetum L. – scouring rush, prêle, scouringrush, horsetail  
                                  SubgenusEquisetum (Hippochaete) (Milde) Baker  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesEquisetum X ferrissii Clute – Ferriss' horsetail 
                                     SpeciesEquisetum giganteum L. – giant horsetail 
                                     SpeciesEquisetum hyemale L. – horsetail, scouring horsetail, scouringrush, tall scouring-rush, western scouringrush, prêle d'hiver, scouringrush horsetail 
                                     SpeciesEquisetum laevigatum A. Br. – smooth scouringrush, horsetail, smooth scouring-rush, smooth horsetail 
                                     SpeciesEquisetum myriochaetum Schlecht. & Cham.  
                                     SpeciesEquisetum ramosissimum Desf. – branched scouringrush 
                                     SpeciesEquisetum scirpoides Michx. – dwarf scouringrush, prêle faux-scirpe 
                                     SpeciesEquisetum variegatum Schleich. ex F. Weber & D. Mohr – variegated horsetail, variegated scouring-rush, variegated scouringrush, prêle panachée 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Des Marais, David L., Alan R. Smith, Donald M. Britton and Kathleen M. Pryer   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution of Extant Horsetails, Equisetum, Based onChloroplast DNA Sequence Data (rbcL and trnL-F)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: International Journal of Plant Sciences, vol. 164, no. 5   
  Page(s): 737-751   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1058-5893   
  Notes: Available online at www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/376817   
  Reference for: Equisetum (Hippochaete)   
       

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