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