Equisetum ramosissimum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Equisetaceae
Genus: Equisetum
Subgenus: E. subg. Hippochaete
Species: Equisetum ramosissimum
Varietates: E. r. var. huegelii – E. r. var. ramosissimum

Name

Equisetum ramosissimum Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 398 (1799).

Lectotype (designated by Christenhusz et al., 2019: 340): Tunisia. ‘Habitat ad radices montis Zowan apud Tunetanos’, R.L. Desfontaines s.n. (P-00680418).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Equisetum elongatum var. ramosissimum (Desf.) Milde, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1: 64 (1864).
- Equisetum elongatum var. ramosissimum (Desf.) Jess., Deut. Excurs.-Fl.: 606 (1879), nom. illeg.
- Hippochaete ramosissima (Desf.) Milde ex Bruhin, Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 18: 758 (1868).
- Equisetum ramosissimum var. altissimum Milde, Höh. Sporenpfl. Deutschl. 117 (1865).
  - Homotypy by lectotypification by Christenhusz et al., 2019: 342.
- Equisetum ramosissimum f. altissimum (Milde) Luerss., Krypt.-Fl. ed 2, 3: 740 (1889).
- Equisetum altissimum (Milde) A.Braun ex Milde, Monogr. Equis. 438 (1867).

Homonyms

Equisetum ramosissimum Kunth = Equisetum giganteum L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira.
- Regional: West Tropical Africa
  - Mauritania.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Zaire.
- Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan.
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces.
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Madagascar, Réunion.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, West Siberia.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey.
- Regional: Arabian Peninsula
  - Gulf States, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
Continental: Pacific
- Regional: Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Desfontaines, R.L. 1798–1799. Flora Atlantica: sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt. Tomus secundus. 458 pp., pl. 121–261, Paris, Panckoucke. BHL Reference page. : 398.

Additional references

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Bangiolo, L., Chase, M.W., Fay, M.F., Husby, C.E., Witkus, M. & Viruel, J. 2019. Phylogenetics, classification and typification of extant horsetails (Equisetum, Equisetaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 189(4): 311–352. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz002 . Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Equisetum ramosissimum – World Ferns: Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World . In: Roskov Y., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J. & Penev L. (eds.) 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 17.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Equisetum ramosissimum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Apr 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Equisetum ramosissimum. Published online. Accessed: Apr 17 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Equisetum ramosissimum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Apr 2020.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Ferns. Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World. . Equisetum ramosissimum Accessed: 18 Oct 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Equisetum ramosissimum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

čeština: Přeslička větevnatá
Deutsch: Ästiger Schachtelhalm
English: Branched Horsetail
suomi: Risukorte
français: Prêle rameuse
Nederlands: Vertakte paardenstaart
polski: Skrzyp gałęzisty
русский: Хвощ ветвистый

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