Hippuris

Hippuris
This article is about the plant sometimes confused with "horsetail". For other uses, see Horse tail.
Hippuris
Common Mare's Tail (Hippuris vulgaris) from Thomé
Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Hippuris
L.
Species
  • ?Hippuris montana
  • ?Hippuris tetraphylla
  • Hippuris vulgaris

Hippuris, the Mare's tail, was previously the sole genus in the family Hippuridaceae. Following genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, it has now been transferred to the family Plantaginaceae, with Hippuridaceae being reduced to synonymy under Plantaginaceae.

It includes one to three species depending on taxonomic interpretation. Some authorities only accept the first species of those listed below, treating the other two as synonyms of it:

  • Common mare's tail, Hippuris vulgaris
    • Mountain mare's tail, Hippuris montana
    • Fourleaf mare's tail, Hippuris tetraphylla

They are aquatic plants found in shallow ponds and streams, both slow-moving and fast-flowing. This flowering plant is sometimes mistakenly identified as the non-flowering horsetail.

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  • Hippuris — Hippuris …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Hippūris — (H. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Holorageae, 1. Kl. 1. Ordn. mit sehr kleinem, schwach zweilappigem Kelchsäume, Kelchröhre am Fruchtknoten angewachsen, keine Blumenkrone, 1 Staubgefäß am Kelchrande, mit kurzem Staubfaden, Fruchtknoten …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Hippūris — L, Gattung der Halorrhagidazeen mit nur einer Art, H. vulgaris L. (Tannenwedel), eine mehrjährige Wasserpflanze mit verzweigtem, kriechendem Rhizom, meist unverzweigtem, blättertragendem Stengel, wirtelständigen, linealischen, ganzrandigen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • HIPPURIS — ins. quaedam Cariae maris Mediterranei, una Cycladum, Plin. l. 4. c. 12. P. Mela. l. 2. c. 7. Vide Anaphe …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Hippuris —   Hippuris …   Wikipedia Español

  • Hippuris — Hippuris …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Hippuris — ID 40646 Symbol Key HIPPU Common Name mare s tail Family Hippuridaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, SD, UT, VT …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • hippuris —   Panicle branches erect, the plants thereby resembling those of Hippuris …   Etymological dictionary of grasses

  • Hippuris — uodeguonė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Šeima. Uodeguoniniai – Hippuridaceae Vest atitikmenys: lot. Hippuris angl. bottle tail; horse tail; mare’s tail vok. Tannenwedel rus. хвостник lenk. przęstka …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • hippuris — hiˈpyu̇rə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek hippouris horsetail from hipp + ouris (from oura tail) : a widely distributed genus of small flowered aquatic herbs (family Haloragaceae) with single erect stems and… …   Useful english dictionary

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