Equisetales

plural noun

Eq·​ui·​se·​ta·​les

: an order of lower tracheophytes (subdivision Sphenopsida) that have the sporangiophores inserted directly on the axis and have existed since the Devonian see calamariaceae, equisetaceae compare archaeocalamites

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Equisetum + -ales

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