Abstract
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.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 345-346 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Revista Peruana de Biologia |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1 Dec 2012 |
Keywords
- Equisetum
- Fern identification
- Horsetail
- Peru