Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Mare's tail Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Callitrichales Family: Hippuridaceae Genus: Hippuris Species Hippurus montana Hippurus tetraphylla Hippurus vulgaris Hippuridaceae is the Mare's tail family. It includes a single genus, Hippuris. Its best known member is the Horsetail or Common Mare's Tail. Other species in the genus include Mountain mare's tail, Hippurus montana Fourleaf mare's tail, H. tetraphylla Reference http://www.itis.usda.gov TSN (family): 27066 TSN (genus): 27067 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.