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Equisetopsida (Horsetailes)

      Equisetopsida, or Sphenopsida, is a class of plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian. They are commonly known as horsetails. Living species typically grow in wet areas, with needle-like leaves radiating at regular intervals from a single vertical stem. The Equisetopsida were formerly regarded as a separate division of spore plants and also called Equisetophyta, Arthrophyta or Sphenophyta; today they have been recognized as rather close relatives of the typical ferns (Pteridopsida) and form a specialized lineage of the Pteridophyta.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equisetopsida
Calamostachys WA87
Calamostachys WA59
Calamostachys WA27
Calamostachys WA21
Calamostachys WA25
Calamostachys WA22
Calamostachys tuberculata WA30
Calamostachys tuberculataŠimůnek (1994), Pl. I, fig. 9, 9a ZŠ44
Calamostachys tuberculata WA147
Calamostachys tuberculata WA301
Calamostachys tuberculata WA34
Calamostachys tuberculata WA151
Huttonia spicata WA142
Macrostachya carinata WA43
Macrostachya gracilis WA160
Macrostachya gracilis WA161
Macrostachya infundibuliformis WA140
Metacalamostachys dumasii ZŠ716
Metacalamostachys dumasiiŠimůnek et al. (2017), Pl. 2, fig. 1 ZŠ625
Metacalamostachys dumasii ZŠ715

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