Callitriche palustris

Callitriche palustris
Water-starwort (Callitriche palustris) from Thomé
Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Callitriche
Species:
C. palustris
Binomial name
Callitriche palustris
Subspecies and varieties[1]

6; see text

Synonyms[1]
List
    • Callitriche androgyna L.
    • Callitriche fontana Scop.
    • Callitriche minima (L.) Hoppe
    • Callitriche palustris var. minima L.
    • Callitriche sessilis var. minima (L.) Mérat
    • Callitriche verna var. fontana Rchb.
    • Callitriche verna f. fontana Soó
    • Callitriche verna var. leptophylla Wimm. & Grab.
    • Callitriche verna subvar. minima (L.) Nyman
    • Callitriche verna var. minima (L.) Hartm.
    • Callitriche verna f. minima (L.) Beger
    • Callitriche vernalis var. minima (L.) Lange
    • Stellaria palustris (L.) Kuntze
    • Stellaria palustris f. minima (L.) Kuntze

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]

Table of Synonyms
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

  1. ^ a b c d e f POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Callitriche palustris". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris var. megalata Lansdown". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  6. ^ a b POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris var. oryzetorum (Petrov) Lansdown". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  7. ^ a b POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris subsp. palustris". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  8. ^ POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris var. strumosa Lansdown". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  9. ^ a b POWO (2026). "Callitriche palustris subsp. subanceps (Petrov) Kuvaev". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callitriche_verna