Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1061 [tax. nov.]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Equisetaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 12, Plate 1 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Horsetail [n/a]

Jonsell, B. & Jarvis, C.E. (1994), Lectotypifications of Linnaean names for Flora Nordica Vol. 1 (Lycopodiaceae - Papaveraceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 14(2): 148 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Clayton 341 (BM, lectotype, designated here)."

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Equisetaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 97-98, Fig. 41A-C, Map 58 APC [secondary reference]

common name: Field Horsetail [n/a]

• APC Dist.: NSW (naturalised)

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 4 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Equisetaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 12, Plate 1 [secondary reference]

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 13 [secondary reference]

• Type: "s.loc., s. dat., V.Clayton 341 (lecto: BM 000062951*"

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