Common horsetail: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Common horsetail in English is the name of a plant defined with Equisetum arvense in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Equisetum arvense L. var. boreale (Bong.) Rupr. (among others).
2) Common horsetail is also identified with Equisetum hyemale It has the synonym Hippochaete hyemalis (L.) Bruhin (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles (1832)
· Deutsche Botanische Monatsschrift (1901)
· Can. Jour. Plant Sci. (1981)
· American Journal of Science, and Arts (1844)
· Index to North American Ferns (1938)
· American Fern Journal (1960)
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Partial matches: Horsetail.
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