Calamites, the Glossary
Calamites is a genus of extinct arborescent (tree-like) horsetails to which the modern horsetails (genus Equisetum) are closely related.[1]
Table of Contents
26 relations: Annularia, Archaeopteris, Arthropitys, Asexual reproduction, Bamboo, Calamitaceae, Carboniferous, Cloning, Coal, Equisetidae, Equisetum, Extinction, Fern, Form classification, Fossil, Herbaceous plant, Meristem, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, Permian, Phloem, Pteridophyte, Rhizome, Sediment, Taphonomy, Vascular cambium, Xylem.
- Carboniferous first appearances
- Carboniferous plants
- Cisuralian genus extinctions
- Horsetails
- Paleozoic life of Prince Edward Island
- Permian plants
- Prehistoric plants of North America
Annularia
Annularia is a form taxon, applied to fossil foliage belonging to extinct plants of the genus Calamites in the order Equisetales. Calamites and Annularia are Carboniferous first appearances, Carboniferous plants, fossils of Georgia (U.S. state), horsetails, Paleozoic life of New Brunswick, Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia, Prehistoric plant genera and Prehistoric plants of North America.
Archaeopteris
Archaeopteris is an extinct genus of progymnosperm tree with fern-like leaves. Calamites and Archaeopteris are Carboniferous plants, Paleozoic life of Nunavut and Prehistoric plant genera.
See Calamites and Archaeopteris
Arthropitys
Arthropitys is an extinct genus of calamitacean equisetale. Calamites and Arthropitys are Carboniferous plants and Permian plants.
Asexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes.
See Calamites and Asexual reproduction
Bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.
Calamitaceae
Calamitaceae is an extinct family of equisetalean plants related to the modern horsetails, known from the Carboniferous and Permian periods. Calamites and Calamitaceae are Carboniferous first appearances and Carboniferous plants.
See Calamites and Calamitaceae
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma.
See Calamites and Carboniferous
Cloning
Cloning is the process of producing individual organisms with identical genomes, either by natural or artificial means.
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
Equisetidae
Equisetidae is one of the four subclasses of Polypodiopsida (ferns), a group of vascular plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian. Calamites and Equisetidae are horsetails.
Equisetum
Equisetum (horsetail, marestail, snake grass, puzzlegrass) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds.
Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
Fern
The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers.
Form classification
Form classification is the classification of organisms based on their morphology, which does not necessarily reflect their biological relationships.
See Calamites and Form classification
Fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.
Herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.
See Calamites and Herbaceous plant
Meristem
In cell biology, the meristem is a type of tissue found in plants.
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano (Milan Natural History Museum) is a museum in Milan, Italy.
See Calamites and Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Permian
The Permian is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya.
Phloem
Phloem is the living tissue in vascular plants that transports the soluble organic compounds made during photosynthesis and known as photosynthates, in particular the sugar sucrose, to the rest of the plant.
Pteridophyte
A pteridophyte is a vascular plant (with xylem and phloem) that reproduces by means of spores.
See Calamites and Pteridophyte
Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow horizontally. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots to grow upwards.
Sediment
Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.
Taphonomy
Taphonomy is the study of how organisms decay and become fossilized or preserved in the paleontological record.
Vascular cambium
The vascular cambium is the main growth tissue in the stems and roots of many plants, specifically in dicots such as buttercups and oak trees, gymnosperms such as pine trees, as well as in certain other vascular plants.
See Calamites and Vascular cambium
Xylem
Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants, the other being phloem.
See also
Carboniferous first appearances
- Actinoconchus
- Alethopteridaceae
- Alethopteris
- Anderella
- Annularia
- Archimedes (bryozoan)
- Argulidae
- Basommatophora
- Brachyphyllum
- Caenogastropoda
- Calamitaceae
- Calamites
- Callipteridium
- Callistophytaceae
- Callistophytales
- Carbactinoceras
- Chiton (genus)
- Coleoidea
- Colosteidae
- Cymatochiton
- Dictyoptera
- Hadronectoridae
- Hybodontiformes
- Lepidodendrales
- Lyginopteridaceae
- Macroneuropteris
- Medullosales
- Miliolida
- Miomoptera
- Neospirifer
- Neuropteris
- Opisthobranchia
- Orodontidae
- Orthoptera
- Palaeoptera
- Phlegethontiidae
- Phlegethontioidea
- Pleuronautilus
- Pulmonata
- Pygocephalomorpha
- Rhabdodermatidae
- Roachoid
- Sigillaria
- Thoracoceras
- Trigonotretidae
- Triproetus
Carboniferous plants
- Alethopteridaceae
- Alethopteris
- Ancyrospora
- Annularia
- Archaeopteris
- Arthropitys
- Calamitaceae
- Calamites
- Calamopityaceae
- Callipteridium
- Callistophytaceae
- Callistophytales
- Crossotheca
- Equisetales
- Equisetites
- Gangamopteris
- Lepidodendrales
- Lyginopteridaceae
- Lyginopteridales
- Moresnetiaceae
- Noeggerathiales
- Omphalophloios
- Pecopteris
- Pteridospermatophyta
- Rotafolia
- Sphenophyllales
- Sphenopteris
- Stigmaria
- Treubiites
- Walchia
- Zygopteridaceae
- Zygopteridales
Cisuralian genus extinctions
- Adeloceras
- Aeduella
- Aerosaurus
- Amblypterus
- Amphiscapha
- Apsisaurus
- Aristoceras
- Aspidosaurus
- Baldwinonus
- Bourbonnella
- Calamites
- Coccocephalus
- Cummingella
- Dimacrodon
- Dimetrodon
- Dimetrodon borealis
- Dolorthoceras
- Driveria
- Edaphosaurus
- Endolobus
- Eryops
- Glaucosaurus
- Glossopteris
- Gorgodon
- Kionoceras
- Limnoscelis
- Liomesaspis
- Lupeosaurus
- Mariceras
- Mycterosaurus
- Neoglaphyrites
- Noeggerathia
- Oedaleops
- Ophiacodon
- Oromycter
- Palaeoaplysina
- Ruthiromia
- Secodontosaurus
- Solenochilus
- Sphenacodon
- Stearoceras
- Streptognathodus
- Thoracoceras
- Varanodon
- Varanops
Horsetails
- Annularia
- Calamites
- Equisetales
- Equisetidae
- Hamatophyton
- Hamatophyton verticillatum
- Neocalamites
- Pseudobornia
- Rinistachya
- Rotafolia
- Sphenophyllales
- Sphenophyllum
Paleozoic life of Prince Edward Island
- Agathoxylon
- Alethopteris
- Calamites
- Callipteridium
- Cordaites
- Dimetrodon borealis
- Erpetonyx
- Neuropteris
- Noeggerathia
- Pecopteris
- Sphenophyllum
- Walchia
Permian plants
- Alethopteridaceae
- Arthropitys
- Brasilodendron
- Brazilea
- Calamites
- Callistophytaceae
- Callistophytales
- Cheirophyllum
- Chiropteris
- Cladophlebis
- Corystospermaceae
- Crossotheca
- Dictyopteridiaceae
- Dictyopteridium
- Dorycordaites
- Emplectopteridaceae
- Equisetites
- Gangamopteris
- Gessella
- Gigantopterid
- Ginkgo
- Glossopteridales
- Glossopteris
- Gyroporella
- Isoetes beestonii
- Kawizophyllum
- Lepidopteris
- Lepidopteris callipteroides
- Medullosales
- Nilssoniopteris
- Noeggerathiales
- Peltaspermales
- Phyllotheca
- Phyllothecaceae
- Protosphagnum
- Pteridospermatophyta
- Sigillaria
- Sphenophyllales
- Sphenopteris
- Stephanophyllites
- Supaia
- Umkomasia
- Umkomasia feistmantelii
- Walchia
- Walkomiella
- Zygopteridaceae
- Zygopteridales
Prehistoric plants of North America
- Alethopteris
- Allenbya collinsonae
- Annularia
- Araucarioxylon arizonicum
- Calamites
- Celastrinites
- Cladophlebis
- Coryloides
- Cycadeoidea
- Cyclopteris
- Diplopora
- Diploporus
- Drewria
- Eohostimella
- Fagus langevinii
- Florissantia (plant)
- Hostinella
- Liquidambar changii
- Macivera
- Macroneuropteris
- Mesocyparis
- Monanthesia
- Neuropteris
- Nilssonia (plant)
- Nilssoniopteris
- Otozamites
- Palaeoraphe
- Paleopanax
- Palmoxylon
- Pecopteris
- Pseudobornia
- Pteronepelys
- Ptilophyllum
- Republica (plant)
- Sagenopteris
- Sagenopteris williamsii
- Sigillaria
- Stigmaria
- Wessiea
- Williamsonia (plant)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamites
Also known as Calamite.