Biology:Calamitaceae

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Short description: Extinct family of horsetails

Calamitaceae
Temporal range: Carboniferous to Permian
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Annularia stellata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Equisetidae
Order: Equisetales
Family: Calamitaceae
Unger, 1840[citation needed]
Genera

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Calamitaceae is an extinct family of equisetalean plants related to the modern horsetails, known from the Carboniferous and Permian periods.[1] Some members of this family like Arthropitys attained tree-like stature, with heights over 15 metres (49 ft), with extensive underground rhizomes. They were largely found in wetland environments.[2]

Proposed genera and species of Calamitaceae

Asterophyllites equisetiformis
Calamites
  • Calamites.
    • C. carinatus.
    • C. suckowi.
    • C. undulatus.
  • Calamocarpon.
  • Calamostachys.
    • C. binneyana.
  • Cingularia.
  • Mazostachys.
  • Paleostachya.

References

  1. Elgorriaga, A.; Escapa, I.H.; Rothwell, G.W.; Tomescu, A.M.F.; Cúneo, N.R. (2018). "Origin of Equisetum: Evolution of horsetails (Equisetales) within the major euphyllophyte clade Sphenopsida". American Journal of Botany 105 (8): 1286–1303. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1125. PMID 30025163. 
  2. Rößler, Ronny; Feng, Zhuo; Noll, Robert (October 2012). "The largest calamite and its growth architecture — Arthropitys bistriata from the Early Permian Petrified Forest of Chemnitz" (in en). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 185: 64–78. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.07.018. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0034666712002102. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q838768 entry