Equisetum arvense

Equisetum arvense sterile shoots; Newcastle, Northumberland, UK

Equisetum arvense strobilus; Aisne, France

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Equisetales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pteridophyta Classis: Equisetopsida Ordo: Equisetales

Familia: Equisetaceae
Genus: Equisetum
Subgenus: E. subg. Equisetum
Species: Equisetum arvense
Subspecies: E. a. subsp. arvense – E. a. subsp. diffusum

Name

Equisetum arvense L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1061. 1753.

• Type locality "Habitat in Europae agris, pratis"
• Lectotype (designated by Jonsell & Jarvis in Nordic J. Bot. 14: 148. 1994): Clayton 341 (BM-000062951).

Synonyms

• Equisetum boreale Bong.
• Equisetum arvense subsp. boreale (Bong.) Á.Löve
• Equisetum arvense var. arcticum Ruprecht
• Equisetum arvense var. ramulosum Ruprecht
• Equisetum calderi B.Boivin
• Equisetum campestre Schultz
• Equisetum saxicola Suksd.

Hybrids

• Equisetum × litorale Kühlewein 1845 – Equisetum × rothmaleri C.N.Page

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum, Tomus II: 1061.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Equisetum arvense in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• Equisetum arvense at the Euro+Med PlantBase
• Equisetum arvense at the Flora of North America
• Equisetum arvense at the Flora of China
• Colomo, S. 2011. La flora della Sardegna, vol. 1, Nuoro, Editrice Archivio fotografico sardo.
• Hassler, M. & Schmitt, B. 2018. World Ferns. Checklist of the Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. Version 7.50 – June 2018. Accessed 13 September 2018.
• Jarvis, C.E. 2007. Order out of Chaos: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types. London: Linnean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, ISBN 978-0-9506207-7-0, p. 497. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

العربية: كنباث الحقول
azərbaycanca: Tarla qatırquyruğu
беларуская: Хвошч палявы
bosanski: Preslica
български: Полски хвощ
català: Cua de cavall petita
čeština: Přeslička rolní
српски / srpski: Раставић
dansk: Ager-Padderok
Deutsch: Acker-Schachtelhalm
Diné bizaad: Ałtį́į́ jikʼáshí áłtsʼózígíí
English: Field Horsetail
español: Cola de caballo del campo
français: Prêle des champs
한국어: 쇠뜨기
hornjoserbsce: Přaska
íslenska: Klóelfting
italiano: Coda cavallina dei campi
kaszëbsczi: Chòszczka
latviešu: Tīruma kosa
lietuvių: Dirvinis asiūklis
magyar: Mezei zsurló
Nederlands: Heermoes
日本語: スギナ
norsk: Åkersnelle
Plattdüütsch: Duwock
polski: Skrzyp polny
português: Cavalinha
română: Coada-calului
русский: Хвощ полевой
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Rastavić
suomi: Peltokorte
svenska: Åkerfräken
українська: Хвощ польовий
中文: 問荊

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