Equisetales
| Equisetales Temporal range: Carboniferous to present | |
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| Equisetum telmateia | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Equisetopsida |
| Order: | Equisetales DC. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
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Equisetales is an order of pteridophytes with only one living genus Equisetum (horsetails), of the family Equisetaceae. The fossil record includes additional extinct species in Equisetaceae and the extinct families Calamitaceae, Archaeocalamitaceae and Phyllothecaceae. [1][2]
References
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- ↑ Stanich, Nicholas; Gar W. Rothwell; Ruth A. Stockey (2009). "Phylogenetic diversification of Equisetum (Equisetales) inferrred from Lower Cretaceous species of British Columbia, Canada.". American Journal of Botany. 96 (7): 1289–1299. doi:10.3732/ajb.0800381.
- ↑ Uma nova espécie de Phyllotheca Brongniart
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