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Accession Data:

Equisetum myriochaetum Schltdl. & Cham.

  • subg. Hippochaete

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Equisetaceae Rich. ex DC

  • Country of Origin: Mexico, Mesoamerica

  • Description: [Syn. Equisetum mexicanum Milde.]

    Mexico, Mesoamerica, Ecuador, Peru

  • USDA Zone: 8b-10b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800139
  • Source: Chad Husby - Virginia Tech
  • Accession Date: 09-29-1998
  • Bench: 1315 - NEOA: East Bench SS
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-17-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Equisetopsidae
  • Order: Equisetales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Equisetaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016

References (internal):

  • Ferns & Fern Allies
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Costa Rica / Honduras / Nicaragua / Venezuela / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru

References (external):

  1. The Giant Horsetails
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 12, 2017.
  3. Equisetum myriochaetum at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, September 12, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:39:08 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

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Current Accessions in the Equisetaceae

  • Equisetum bogotense W/C
  • Equisetum bogotense
  • Equisetum bogotense W/C
  • Equisetum bogotense
  • Equisetum diffusum
  • Equisetum x font-queri W/C
  • Equisetum giganteum W/C
  • Equisetum giganteum W/C
  • Equisetum giganteum W/C
  • Equisetum giganteum W/C
  • Equisetum hyemale
  • Equisetum laevigatum
  • Equisetum x moorei W/C
  • Equisetum myriochaetum
  • Equisetum pratense W/C
  • Equisetum ramosissimum
  • Equisetum scirpoides
  • Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii W/C
  • Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii W/C
  • Equisetum telmateia ssp. telmateia
  • Equisetum variegatum W/C
  • Equisetum variegatum 'Large Form'
  • Equisetum variegatum ssp. alaskanum
  • Equisetum variegatum var. majus W/C
  • Equisetum variegatum var. wilsoni W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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