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Equisetum
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Equisetum
genus of the fern ally family Equisetaceae. These plants have a high content of thiaminase, and horses which eat a lot of them, usually in their hay, develop thiamin deficiency. This is characterized by incoordination, falling, bradycardia and severe cardiac irregularity. Response to treatment with thiamin is rapid and complete.
Includes E. arvense, E. hyemale, E. laevigatum, E. limosum, E. palustre, E. ramosissimum. Called also horsetails, foxtails, marestails.
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[Watch List] DIVISION EQUISETOPHYTA (Horsetails or Scouring Rushes) Equisetaceae (Horsetail Family) Equisetum arvense L.
The vascular flora and vegetational communities of the wetland ... by Ruch, Donald G.; Torke, Byron G.; Hess, Benjamin R.; Badger, Kemuel S.; Rothrock, Paul E. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
EQUISETACEAE Michaux ex DeCandolle EQUISETUM Linnaeus Horsetail or Scouring Rush Rhizomes with nodal buds; aerial stems green with whorls of reduced, nonfunctional leaves; internodes hollow; strobili terminal.
Pteridophytes of southeast Alabama: Dichotomous keys, illustrations ... by Woods, Michael; Diamond, Alvin R., Jr / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
And in a subsection labeled Foreign Matter, "that Ephedra Herb does not contain stems of Equisetaceae or Gramineae plants, or any other foreign matter.
To see or not to see, purity is the question; Establishing purity is ... by Brown, Paula; Betz, Joseph / Nutraceuticals World
 
 
 
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