| Equisetaceae Temporal range:
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| Field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Subclass: | Equisetidae |
| Order: | Equisetales |
| Family: | Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC. |
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Equisetaceae, also known as the horsetail family,[1] is a family of ferns and the only surviving family of the order Equisetales, with one surviving genus, Equisetum, comprising about twenty species.[2]
- ^ L.C. Burrill, R. Parker, "Field Horsetail and Related Species: Equisetaceae"
- ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3). Magnolia Press: 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.