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Encyclopedia > Equisetophyta
Equisetophyta

Sterile and vegetative stems of Equisetum telmateia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Equisetophyta
Classes

Equisetopsida


The division Equisetophyta is a taxon in the kingdom Plantae containing primitive land plants. Now extinct plant species in this division were among the first plants to grow on land. With the exception of the horsetails Equisetum, all members of this grouping are known only from fossils, and included large trees that grew during the Carboniferous period. There is only one class, the Equisetopsida.


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Equisetophyta - Encyclopedia.com (902 words)
Equisetophyta, small division of the plant kingdom consisting of the plants commonly called horsetails and scouring rushes.
A floristic inventory and description of the structure and composition of the plant communities of Botany Glen, Grant County, Indiana.
PHYLUM EQUISETOPHYTA (Scouring Rushes) Equisetaceae (Horsetail Family) Equisetum arvense L.: Common Horsetail; infrequent; eastside of floodplain...
horsetail — FactMonster.com (296 words)
[Lat.,=horse bristle], the single surviving genus of a large group (Equisetophyta) of primitive vascular plants.
Like the ferns and club mosses, relatives of the living horsetails thrived in the Carboniferous period (when they contributed to coal deposits); the group as a whole is now considered relictual.
Equisetophyta - Equisetophyta Equisetophyta, small division of the plant kingdom consisting of the plants commonly...
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