| Meadow Horsetail |
Equisetum pratense
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| Scientific classification |
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Plantae
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Pteridophyta
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| Class: |
Equisetopsida
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| Order: |
Equisetales
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| Family: |
Equisetaceae
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| Genus: |
Equisetum
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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 pratense
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| Binomial name |
Equisetum pratense
Ehrh., 1784 |
Equisetum pratense, commonly known as Meadow Horsetail, Shade Horsetail or Shady Horsetail, is a plant species belonging to the division of horsetails (Equisetophyta). Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742-1795 was a German Botanist, a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University, and later Director of the Equisetopsida, or Sphenopsida, is a class of Plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian.
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