Calamitaceae

Calamitaceae

Taxobox
name = Calamitaceae


image_width = 240px
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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Pteridophyta
classis = Equisetopsida
ordo = Equisetales
familia = Calamitaceae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text

Calamitaceae is an extinct family of plants related to the modern horsetail. Some members of this family attained tree-like stature during the Carboniferous Period. The family takes its name from its principal genus "Calamites".

Because some proposed species are based on partial fossil records, it is not clear if these are merely different parts of the same type.

Proposed genera and species of Calamataceae

* "Annularia".
** "A. stellata".
* "Arthropitys".
* "Asterophyllum" (or "Asterophyllites").
* "Astromyelon".
* "Calamites".
** "C. carinatus".
** "C. suckowi".
** "C. undulatus".
* "Calamocarpon".
* "Calamostachys".
** "C. binneyana".
* "Cingularia".
* "Mazostachys".
* "Paleostachya".

External links

* [http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/sphenophyta/calamitaceae.html Link to information and pictures]


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