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The genus Equisetum is in the family Equisetaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Equisetum

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Equisetum arvense L.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum bogotense Kunth	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum boreale Bong.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum californicum (Milde) G.N. Jones	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum diffusum D. Don	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum fluviatile L.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum giganteum L.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum × haukeanum Mickel & A.R. Sm.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum hyemale L.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum × litorale Kühlew. ex Rupr.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum × mackaii (Newman) Brichan	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum × moorei Newman	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum myriochaetum Schltdl. & Cham.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum × nelsonii (A.A. Eaton) J.H. Schaffn.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum palustre L.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum pratense Ehrh.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum × schaffneri Milde	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum scirpoides Michx.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum sylvaticum L.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum telmateia Ehrh.	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum trachyodon (A. Braun) W.D.J. Koch	Accepted		TRO
Equisetum variegatum Schleich. ex F. Weber & D. Mohr	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 64 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Equisetum. Of these 23 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 38 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Equisetum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 64 species names for the genus Equisetum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	23	35.9%
◕	Synonym	24	37.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	17	26.6%

All names

The status of the 102 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Equisetum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	30	29.4%
◕	Synonym	53	52.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	19	18.6%

The confidence with which the status of the 64 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Equisetum, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	23	24	0	0	47	73.4%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	17	17	26.6%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Equisetum, are as follows: