true true 2008-06-17T15:13:50-07:00 false 47126 47747 false 6748 0 Equisetaceae ColNameProvider 0 47748 family 30 6767 1 4104 http://www.catalogueoflife.org/browse_taxa.php?selected_taxon=4104 Equisetaceae 2009-04-05T21:00:25-07:00 <i><b>Equisetum</b></i> (pronounced /ˌɛkwɨˈsiË*tÉ™m/) is the only living genus in the <b>Equisetaceae</b>, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds. They are commonly known as <b>horsetails</b>. 2008-06-17T15:13:50-07:00 76467 true Scientific Names Equisetaceae ColNameProvider 1 4104 http://www.catalogueoflife.org/browse_taxa.php?selected_taxon=4104 47747 2008-06-17T15:13:50-07:00 true true 2008-04-01T18:59:35-07:00 false 47126 47126 true 1830 -7 Plantae ColNameProvider 4 48460 kingdom 70 7071 1 281 http://www.catalogueoflife.org/browse_taxa.php?selected_taxon=281 Plants 2009-04-05T21:00:52-07:00 <b>Plants</b> are living organisms belonging to the kingdom <b>Plantae</b>. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The scientific study of plants, known as botany, has identified about 350,000 extant species of plants, defined as seed plants, bryophytes, ferns and fern allies. As of 2004, some 287,655 species had been identified, of which 258,650 are flowering and 18,000 bryophytes (see table below). <b>Green plants</b>, sometimes called <b>Viridiplantae</b>, obtain... <TaxonName 76092: Plants in English>