Callitriche palustris, the vernal water-starwort,[3] narrow-fruited water-starwort,[4] or spiny water starwort, is a species of aquatic plants. It is the type species of its genus.
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| Water-starwort (Callitriche palustris) from Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885 | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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[2] | |
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It is native to temperate and subtropical North America and Eurasia, as well as Sumatra and Borneo.[2]
Subspecies and varieties
editSix subspecies and varieties are accepted.[2]
- Callitriche palustris var. elegans (Petrov) Y.L.Chang (synonyms C. elegans Petrov, C. verna var. elegans (Petrov) Kitag., & C. verna subsp. elegans (Petrov) Kom. & Aliss.) – southeastern and northeastern China, Japan, Sakhalin, and East European Russia[5]
- Callitriche palustris var. megalata Lansdown – Russian Far East (Primorye)
- Callitriche palustris var. oryzetorum (Petrov) Lansdown (synonym C. oryzetorum Petrov) – southern China, Taiwan, Japan, and western Himalayas[6]
- Callitriche palustris subsp. palustris (synonyms Elatine alata Rostk. & Schmidt, C. alpina Schur, C. angustifolia Hoppe, C. aquatica Huds., C. bifida (L.) Morong, C. cespitosa Schultz, C. cuneifolia A.Braun ex Hegelm., C. euverna Syme, C. fallax Petrov, C. fissa Lej., C. intermedia Hoppe, C. latifolia Gilib. C. obtusangula subsp. alpina (Schur) Nyman, C. pallens Goldb., C. stellata Hoppe, C. stenocarpa Hegelm., C. tenuifolia Thuill. ex Pers., C. verna L., C. vernalis W.D.J.Koch, C. vernalis Kütz., Stellaria bifida (L.) Kuntze, and Stellaria verna (L.) F.H.Wigg.) – North America (except the southeastern US and Central America) and temperate Eurasia[7]
- Callitriche palustris var. strumosa Lansdown – Borneo and Sumatra
- Callitriche palustris subsp. subanceps (Petrov) Kuvaev (synonyms C. anceps subsp. subanceps (Petrov) Á.Löve & D.Löve and C. subanceps Petrov) – eastern Siberia and Russian Far East[8]
References
edit- ^ L. Sp. Pl. 2: 969. (1753)
- ^ a b c d "Callitriche palustris L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Callitriche palustris var. elegans (Petrov) Y.L.Chang". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Callitriche palustris var. oryzetorum (Petrov) Lansdown". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Callitriche palustris subsp. palustris". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Callitriche palustris subsp. subanceps (Petrov) Kuvaev". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
External links
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Media related to Callitriche palustris at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Callitriche palustris at Wikispecies- Callitriche palustris at Tropicos
