Species Equisetum ramosissimum
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Etymology of Equisetum:
La. equus = horse; seta = bristle or hair. The vertically bristle-branched spike is said to somewhat resemble a horse’s tail, ‘horsetail’.
Etymology of ramosissimum:
From the Latin ramosissimus meaning 'many branched'
Scientific name:
Equisetum ramosissimum Desf.
Common names:
African Horsetail
Perdestert
Lidjiesgras
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Synonym of:
Unknown
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Protologue:
Fl. Atlant. 2(9): 398 (1799)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1799
Perennial with underground rhizome. Aerial stems erect, hollow, ribbed, leaves reduced to a short, toothed sheet at each node. Strobili terminal on branches. Wet sites in fynbos, 100--1200 m, AP, KM, SE (Cape Infanta and George to W Africa, Madagascar).
Observations of Taxon
Equisetum ramosissimum
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Name of observer:
CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Equisetum ramosissimum
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Equisetum ramosissimum
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Equisetum ramosissimum
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Equisetum ramosissimum
Name of observer:
N Crouch, R Klopper, J & S Burrows (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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