Definition of Calamites. Meaning of Calamites. Synonyms of Calamites

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Definition of Calamites

Calamite
Calamite Cal"a*mite, n. [L. calamus a reed: cf. F. calamite.] (Paleon.) A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.

Meaning of Calamites from wikipedia

- part of a united organism, which has inherited the name Calamites in po****r culture. Calamites correctly refers only to casts of the stem of Carboniferous/Permian...
- extinct plants of the genus Calamites in the order Equisetales. Annularia is a form taxon name given to leaves of Calamites. In that species, the leaves...
- vegetation, with many species of trees, bushes, creepers, etc. Thickets of Calamites seem to have favored the edges of lakes and waterways. Lycopsid genera...
- of bald cypress, living in mires with waterlogged soils. The tree-like calamites, distant relatives of modern horsetails, lived in coal swamps and grew...
- Arthropitys. Asterophyllites (or incorrectly Asterophyllum). Astromyelon. Calamites. C. carinatus. C. suckowi. C. undulatus. Calamocarpon. Calamostachys....
- Caulopteris were tree ferns. The Equisetales included the common giant form Calamites, with a trunk diameter of 30 to 60 cm (24 in) and a height of up to 20 m...
- and warm. Extensive swamps developed with mosses, ferns, horsetails and calamites. Air-breathing arthropods evolved and invaded the land where they provided...
- herbaceous forms called Lycopodites and Cormophyton; sphenopsids like Calamites a tree-like horsetail relative, with common foliage names of Annularia...
- equisetids were large trees reaching to 30 m (98 ft) tall. The genus Calamites of the family Calamitaceae, for example, is abundant in coal deposits...
- Alethopteris, and Sphenopteris. The Equisetales included the common giant form Calamites, with a trunk diameter of 30 to 60 cm and a height of up to 20 meters...