Calamitaceae

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Calamitaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Order: Equisetales
Family: Calamitaceae
Genera

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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.

[edit] 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.

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