Callitriche palustris, the vernal water-starwort, narrow-fruited water-starwort, 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.
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.
Subspecies and varieties There is one subspecies and five accepted varieties. Callitriche palustris var. elegans – southeastern and northeastern China, Japan, Sakhalin, and East European Russia. It was classified as a variety in 1977 by Yui Liang Chang. Callitriche palustris var. megalata – Russian Far East (Primorye). It was described in 2006 by Richard V. Lansdown. Callitriche palustris var. oryzetorum – southern China, Taiwan, Japan, and western Himalayas. It was changed to a variety in 2006 by Lansdown. Callitriche palustris subsp. palustris – North America (except the southeastern US and Central America) and temperate Eurasia Callitriche palustris var. strumosa – Borneo and Sumatra. It was also described in 2006 by Lansdown. Callitriche palustris subsp. subanceps – eastern Siberia and Russian Far East. Like the varieties, it was reduced to a subspecies in 2006, but by Vladimir Borisovich Kuvaev.
There are 89 synonyms of the species or three of its varieties and the accepted subspecies, of them are species names.
Table of Synonyms Name Year Rank Synonym of: Notes Callitriche alpina 1858 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche androgyna 1755 species C. palustris ≡ hom., nom. illeg. Callitriche angustifolia 1792 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche aquatica 1778 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche bengalensis 1928 species var. elegans = het. Callitriche bifida 1894 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche cespitosa 1806 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche cuneifolia 1867 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche elegans 1928 species var. elegans ≡ hom. Callitriche euverna 1868 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche fallax 1928 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche fissa 1825 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche fontana 1771 species C. palustris ≡ hom., nom. superfl. Callitriche intermedia 1792 species var. palustris = het., nom. illeg. Callitriche latifolia 1792 species var. palustris = het., opus utique oppr. Callitriche minima 1792 species C. palustris ≡ hom. Callitriche oryzetorum 1928 species var. oryzetorum ≡ hom. Callitriche pallens 1817 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche stellata 1792 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche stenocarpa 1868 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche subanceps 1928 species subsp. subanceps ≡ hom. Callitriche tenuifolia 1805 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche verna 1755 species var. palustris = het. Callitriche vernalis 1836 species var. palustris = het., nom. illeg. Callitriche vernalis 1832 species var. palustris = het. Elatine alata 1824 species var. palustris = het. Stellaria bifida 1898 species var. palustris = het. Stellaria palustris 1898 species C. palustris ≡ hom., nom. illeg. Stellaria verna 1780 species var. palustris = het. Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym; = heterotypic synonym
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External links
Callitriche palustris at Tropicos