Abstract

LEON, Blanca. Horsetail (Equisetum, Equisetaceae) in commerce and exported from Peru. Rev. peru biol. [online]. 2012, vol.19, n.3, pp.345-346. ISSN 1727-9933.

Several plant products are exported from Peru as food supplements (nutraceuticals), condiments and other uses for human consumption, among them the horsetail fern. Three names are used in commerce: Equisetum arvense, E. bogotense and “E. hiemale”; none of which represent the species being exported; instead the species in commerce is E. giganteum, easily recognizable by morphological details of their axes, ornamentation and stomata distribution.

Keywords : Equisetum; helecho; identificación; cola de caballo; Perú; Equisetum; fern identification; horsetail; Peru.

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