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Common names: Horsetail Family
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Revision as of 23:36, 8 December 2021
Plants with jointed stems, with distinct nodes. Leaves small, whorled, fused into sheaths; tips remaining free, toothlike. Sporangia borne on peltate sporophylls aggregated in cones 0.3–10 cm. Spores green (except white in hybrids), all 1 kind. Gametophytes green, terrestrial, unisexual; male gametophytes smaller than female.
Distribution
Nearly worldwide.
Discussion
Genus 1, species 15 (11 species in the flora).
Selected References
None.
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Illustrations
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