Equisetaceae Temporal range:
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Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Subclass: | Equisetidae |
Order: | Equisetales |
Family: | Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC. |
Genera | |
Equisetaceae, also known as the horsetail family,[1] is a family of ferns and the only surviving family of the order Equisetales, with one surviving genus, Equisetum, comprising about twenty species.[2]