Callitriche palustris
| Callitriche palustris | |
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| Water-starwort (Callitriche palustris) from Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Callitriche |
| Species: | C. palustris
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| Binomial name | |
| Callitriche palustris | |
| Subspecies and varieties[1] | |
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6; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Callitriche palustris, the vernal water-starwort,[2] narrow-fruited water-starwort,[3] or spiny water starwort, is a species of aquatic plants. It is the type species of its genus.
It is native to temperate and subtropical North America and Eurasia, as well as Sumatra and Borneo.[1]
Taxonomy
Callitriche palustris was given its scientific name in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. It is classified in the genus Callitriche within the wider family Plantaginaceae.[1]
Subspecies and varieties
There is one subspecies and five accepted varieties.[1]
- Callitriche palustris var. elegans (Petrov) Y.L.Chang – southeastern and northeastern China, Japan, Sakhalin, and East European Russia. It was classified as a variety in 1977 by Yui Liang Chang.[4]
- Callitriche palustris var. megalata Lansdown – Russian Far East (Primorye). It was described in 2006 by Richard V. Lansdown.[5]
- Callitriche palustris var. oryzetorum (Petrov) Lansdown – southern China, Taiwan, Japan, and western Himalayas. It was changed to a variety in 2006 by Lansdown.[6]
- Callitriche palustris subsp. palustris – North America (except the southeastern US and Central America) and temperate Eurasia[7]
- Callitriche palustris var. strumosa Lansdown – Borneo and Sumatra. It was also described in 2006 by Lansdown.[8]
- Callitriche palustris subsp. subanceps (Petrov) Kuvaev – eastern Siberia and Russian Far East. Like the varieties, it was reduced to a subspecies in 2006, but by Vladimir Borisovich Kuvaev.[9]
There are 89 synonyms of the species or three of its varieties and the accepted subspecies, 29 of them are species names.[1][4][6][7][9]
| Name | Year | Rank | Synonym of: | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callitriche alpina Schur | 1858 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche androgyna L. | 1755 | species | C. palustris | ≡ hom., nom. illeg. |
| Callitriche angustifolia Hoppe | 1792 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche aquatica Huds. | 1778 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche bengalensis Petrov | 1928 | species | var. elegans | = het. |
| Callitriche bifida (L.) Morong | 1894 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche cespitosa Schultz | 1806 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche cuneifolia A.Braun ex Hegelm. | 1867 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche elegans Petrov | 1928 | species | var. elegans | ≡ hom. |
| Callitriche euverna Syme | 1868 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche fallax Petrov | 1928 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche fissa Lej. | 1825 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche fontana Scop. | 1771 | species | C. palustris | ≡ hom., nom. superfl. |
| Callitriche intermedia Hoppe | 1792 | species | var. palustris | = het., nom. illeg. |
| Callitriche latifolia Gilib. | 1792 | species | var. palustris | = het., opus utique oppr. |
| Callitriche minima (L.) Hoppe | 1792 | species | C. palustris | ≡ hom. |
| Callitriche oryzetorum Petrov | 1928 | species | var. oryzetorum | ≡ hom. |
| Callitriche pallens Goldb. | 1817 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche stellata Hoppe | 1792 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche stenocarpa Hegelm. | 1868 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche subanceps Petrov | 1928 | species | subsp. subanceps | ≡ hom. |
| Callitriche tenuifolia Thuill. ex Pers. | 1805 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche verna L. | 1755 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Callitriche vernalis W.D.J.Koch | 1836 | species | var. palustris | = het., nom. illeg. |
| Callitriche vernalis Kütz. | 1832 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Elatine alata Rostk. & Schmidt | 1824 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Stellaria bifida (L.) Kuntze | 1898 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Stellaria palustris (L.) Kuntze | 1898 | species | C. palustris | ≡ hom., nom. illeg. |
| Stellaria verna (L.) F.H.Wigg. | 1780 | species | var. palustris | = het. |
| Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym; = heterotypic synonym | ||||
References
- ^ a b c d e f POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ^ NRCS. "Callitriche palustris". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ^ a b POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris var. elegans (Petrov) Y.L.Chang". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ^ POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris var. megalata Lansdown". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ^ a b POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris var. oryzetorum (Petrov) Lansdown". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ^ a b POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris subsp. palustris". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ^ POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris var. strumosa Lansdown". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ^ a b POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris subsp. subanceps (Petrov) Kuvaev". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
External links
- Media related to Callitriche palustris at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Callitriche palustris at Wikispecies
- Callitriche palustris at Tropicos