Calamitaceae

Calamitaceae is an extinct family of plants related to the modern horsetails.[1] Some members of this family attained tree-like stature during the Carboniferous Period (around 360 to 300 million years ago) and in Permian Period, reaching heights of up to 20 meters. The family takes its name from its principal genus Calamites.

Calamitaceae
Temporal range:
Annularia stellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Equisetidae
Order: Equisetales
Family: †Calamitaceae
Unger, 1840
Genera

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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 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.


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