Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cepa de cahuel	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cola caballo pequeña	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
cola de caballo	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
hierba de la plata	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
limpiaplata	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
pinko-pinko	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
tembladera cola de caballo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
yerba del platero	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant with other ingredients		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
leaf, aerial part, entire plant, seed, stem		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Aerial parts, Entire plant		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Equisetum bogotense var. flagelliforme Kunze Linnaea 9: 4 (1834).
Equisetum bogotense var. nudum Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 1245 (1862).
Equisetum bogotense var. polystachyum Milde Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 226 (1863).
Equisetum rinihuense G.Kunkel Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 74: 59 (1964).
Equisetum stipulaceum Vaucher Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 1: 377 (1821 publ. 1822).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Equisetum bogotense (H.B.K.) Kunth	Med. Pl. in N Peru (Revene et al., 2008)
Equisetum bogotense H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Equisetum bogotense Kunth	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Equisetum bogotense Kunth.	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)

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