Plant Details

Accepted name:: Equisetum praealtum Raf. [Equisetaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
scouringrush horsetail	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Equisetum hyemale var. affine (Engelm.) A.A.Eaton Fern Bull. 11: 75, 111 (1903).
Equisetum robustum A.Braun & Engelm. Amer. J. Sci. Arts 46: 88 (1844).
Equisetum affine (Engelm. ex Rydb) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts.: 1052 (1917).
Equisetum californicum (Milde ) G.N.Jones Univ. Wash. Publ. Biol. 7: 23, 174 (1939).
Equisetum californicum f. herbaceum (A.A.Eaton) M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 89 (1938).
Equisetum hyemale subsp. affine (Engelm.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor Canad. J. Bot. 43: 1387 (1965).
Equisetum hyemale var. californicum Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 1264 (1862).
Equisetum hyemale var. drummondii (Milde ) A.A.Eaton Fern Bull. 11: 75, 111 (1903).
Equisetum hyemale var. herbaceum A.A.Eaton Fern Bull. 11: 75, 108 (1903).
Equisetum hyemale f. hondae Nakaike J. Nat. Hist. Mus. Inst. Chiba 5: 20 (1998), nom. superfl.
Equisetum hyemale var. pseudohyemale (Farw.) C.V.Morton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 3, 1: 16 (1952).
Equisetum hyemale var. pumilum A.A.Eaton Fern Bull. 11: 109 (1903).
Equisetum hyemale f. pumilum (A.A.Eaton) Scoggan Fl. Canada 1: 51 (1978).
Equisetum hyemale var. ramosum Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47: 435 (1933), nom. illeg.
Equisetum hyemale f. ramosum A.A.Eaton Fern Bull. 11: 112 (1903), nom. illeg.
Equisetum hyemale var. robustum (A.Braun & Engelm.) A.A.Eaton Fern Bull. 11: 75, 112 (1903).
Equisetum hyemale var. texanum Milde Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 246 (1864).
Equisetum komarovii Iljin ex Kom. Fl. URSS 1: 110 (1934).
Equisetum praealtum var. affine (Engelm.) M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 93 (1938).
Equisetum praealtum f. drummondii (Milde ) M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 93 (1938).
Equisetum praealtum f. neopolystachyum (Farw.) M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 93 (1938).
Equisetum praealtum f. pumilum (A.A.Eaton) M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 94 (1938).
Equisetum praealtum f. ramosum M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 94 (1938).
Equisetum praealtum f. texanum (Milde ) M.Broun Index No. Amer. Ferns: 93 (1938).
Equisetum robustum var. affine Engelm. Amer. J. Sci. Arts 46: 88 (1844).
Equisetum robustum var. drummondii Milde Monogr. Equiset.: 539 (1867).
Equisetum robustum var. minus A.Braun & Engelm. Amer. J. Sci. Arts 46: 88 (1844).
Hippochaete hyemalis var. affinis (Engelm.) S.X.Li & J.Z.Wang in P.Y.Fu (ed.), Clavis Pl. Chinae Bor.-Or., ed. 2: 25 (1995).
Hippochaete hyemalis f. affinis (Engelm.) Satou Hikobia 12: 267 (1997).
Hippochaete hyemalis var. californica (Milde ) Farw. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 465 (1916).
Hippochaete hyemalis f. hondae Satou Hikobia 12: 267 (1997).
Hippochaete praealta (Raf.) Farw. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 467 (1916).
Hippochaete praealta var. affinis (Engelm.) Farw. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 467 (1916).
Hippochaete praealta subvar. neopolystachya Farw. Amer. Fern J. 27: 17 (1937).
Hippochaete praealta var. pseudohyemalis Farw. Amer. Fern J. 7: 76 (1917).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Equisetum hyemale var. affine (Engelm.) A. A. Eat.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Equisetum robustum Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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