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Equisetum elongatum

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Identification
Equisetum ramosissimum Desf. [family PTERIDOPHYTA ] (stored under name); Verified by Badré, F., Isotype of Equisetum elongatum Willd. [family PTERIDOPHYTA ] Verified by Badré, F.,
Related name
  • Equisetum ramosissimum
  • Equisetum elongatum

Flora

Entry for Equisetum ramosissimum Desf. [family EQUISETACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 0, Part 0, page 32, (1970) Author: E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe
Names
Equisetum ramosissimum Desf. [family EQUISETACEAE], Pl. Atlant. 2: 398 (1799). TAB. 7. Type from Tunisia.
Equisetum campanulatum Poir. [family EQUISETACEAE], in Lam., Encycl. Méth. 5: 613 (1804). Type from Switzerland.
Equisetum ramosum Lam. & DC. [family EQUISETACEAE], Syn. Pl. Fl. Gallica: 118 (1806). Type from Alsace.
Equisetum elongatum Willd. [family EQUISETACEAE], in L., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 5: 8 (1810). Type from Réunion.
Equisetum pannonicum Kit. apud Willd. [family EQUISETACEAE], in L., tom. cit.: 6 (1810). Type from Hungary.
Equisetum procerum Pollini [family EQUISETACEAE], Horti et Prov. Veron. Pl. Nov.: 28 (1816). Type from ?Italy.
Equisetum thunbergii Wikstr. [family EQUISETACEAE], in Kungl. Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handl. Stockh. 2: 4 (1821). Type from S. Africa.
Equisetum burchellii Vauch. [family EQUISETACEAE], Mon. Preles: 47, t. 10 (1822) reimpr. in Mém. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve, 1: 375 (1822). Type from S. Africa.
Equisetum multiforme Vauch. [family EQUISETACEAE], tom. cit.: 51 (1822) reimpr. tom. cit.: 379 (1822) nom. illegit.
Equisetum incanum Vauch. [family EQUISETACEAE], tom. cit.: 54, t. 12 (1822) reimpr. tom. cit.: 382 (1822). Type from Grand Canary.
Equisetum ephedroides Bory [family EQUISETACEAE], Nouv. Fl. Peloponn.: 66 (1838) nom. illegit.
Equisetum hungaricum Sandor & Kit. [family EQUISETACEAE], in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 13: 574 (1863). Type as for E. pannonicum.
Equisetum sieboldii Milde [family EQUISETACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 1: 62 (1864). Type from Japan.
Hippochaete ramosissimum Desf. Boern. [family EQUISETACEAE], Fl. für das Deutsch. Volk.: 282 (1912). Type as for Equisetum ramosissimum.
Equisetum azoricum Gandog. [family EQUISETACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 66: 304 (1920). Type from the Azores.
Information
Subterranean stems black, up to 3 mm. in diam., horizontal to erect, bearing roots and aerial stems up to 2 m. high with primary axis erect up to 5 mm. in diam., conspicuously longitudinally ribbed, with whorls of up to 14 scale leaves up to 1.1 cm. long, fused for most of their length, ending in free acuminate teeth up to 2 mm. long, often turning black with age, the apical portions frequently broken off. Branches produced at the nodes up to 14 in each whorl, up to 13 cm. long, c. 1–1.5 mm. in diam. Cones up to 1.8 x 0.5 cm., with a blunt conical apex; sporangiophores 1–1.5 mm. in diam.
Habitat
Open woodland, rock crevices, on sandy soil along rivers and on gravel in shallowly waterlogged places.
Distribution
Mozambique M Costa do Sol, Clube de Golf, 30.iii.1960, Balsinhas 148 (COI; K; LISC).Mozambique GI Sul do Save, 18.ix.1948, Myre & Carvalho 225 (LMA).Mozambique MS Manica, Mavita, 23.iv.1948, Barbosa 1541 (BM; LISC).Malawi S Shire R., Bradze on Liwonde Road, 26.ii.1961, Richards 14466 (K).Malawi C Dedza Mt., 4.v.1968, Jeke 184 (BOL; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Umtali near Mozambique border, iii.1947, Chase GHS 16622 (BM; NU; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Mtebehwe R., 3 km. E. of Selukwe, 16.ii.1964, Mitchell 674 (LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Wankie, v.1930, Pardy in GHS 54820 (K; SRGH).Zambia S Mazabuka Distr., 24.vii.1952, Angus 30 (BM; BOL; K).Zambia E Chadiza, 11.ii.1957, Angus 1509 (K).Mozambique T Maravia, Fingoe, 11.viii.1941, Torre 3245 (BM; LISC).Malawi N Kaziweziwe R. Livingstonia, 9.i.1959, Robinson 3130 (K).Zimbabwe N near Andrew’s Kraal on tributary of upper Mauora R., 21.ii.1958, Phipps 864 (BM; K; SRGH).Zambia C Mkushi, 2.v.1957, Fanshawe 3251 (K).
Distribution (external)
Europe
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Asia
America

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