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Andean Horsetail

Andean horsetail

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Equisetopsida
Order:	Equisetales
Family:	Equisetaceae
Genus:	Equisetum
Species:	E. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. A fern is any one of a group of about 20000 Species of Plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta Equisetopsida, or Sphenopsida, is a class of Plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian. The Equisetales is an order of pteridophytes with only one living genus Equisetum (horsetails Equisetum is a genus of Vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds Equisetum is a genus of Vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds bogotense

Binomial name

Equisetum bogotense
Kunth

The Andean Horsetail (Equisetum bogotense) is a perennial with thicker less bushy whorled branches. Carl Sigismund Kunth ( June 18, 1788 — March 22, 1850; also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth A perennial plant or perennial ( Latin per, "through" annus, "year" is a Plant that lives for more than The plant also has a silica rich rhizomatous stem, which roots grow out of, under ground. In Botany, a rhizome is a horizontal stem of a Plant that is usually found underground often sending out Roots and Shoots This stem is a dull dark brown color with glabrous growth aside from the sheathed segments. Glabrousness (from Latin glaber = bald hairless is the technical term for an anatomically abnormal lack of Hair or down.

External links

[1] - binomial
[2] - basic information on the Andean Horsetail.

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