Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Equisetum bogotense
cola de caballo, limpiaplata, andean horsetail, snake grass, puzzlegrass
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Pteridophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Equisetales
Family
Equisetaceae
Genus
Equisetum
Species
bogotense
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Adsersen, H. (1977) New records of Pteridophytes from the Galapagos Islands. Bot. Notiser 129(4): 429-436.
- Jørgensen, P.M. Ulloa, C. (1994) Seed plants of the high Andes of Ecuador—A checklist. AAU Rep. 34: 1–443.
- Nowak, J.B. Lawesson, J., Adsersen, H., de Vries, T. (1987) Dos años de estudio de la dinámica de la vegetación posterior al incendio en el sur de Isabela, Islas Galápagos, Ecuador. Memorias. Taller sobre Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Pg. 139-153.
- Quintana, M.C. (2010) Wild plants in the dry valleys around Quito-Ecuador. Publicaciones del Herbario QCA, PUCE. Quito-Ecuador, 266 pp.
- Stewart, A. (1911) A botanical survey of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4th Series, 1: 7-288.
- Svenson, H.K. Weatherby, C.A. (1938) Pteridophyta of the Galápagos Islands. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 303-333.
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Equisetum bogotense", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3. Accessed 31 October 2026.