Callitriche

Callitriche palustris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Callitricheae
Genus: Callitriche
Species (75): C. alata – C. albomarginata – C. anisoptera – C. antarctica – C. aucklandica – C. berteroana – C. brachycarpa – C. brevistyla – C. brutia – C. capricorni – C. chathamensis – C. christensenii – C. ciliata – C. compressa – C. concinna – C. cophocarpa – C. cribrosa – C. cyclocarpa – C. cycloptera – C. dacryoidea – C. deflexa – C. ecarinata – C. fassettii – C. favargera – C. fehmedianii – C. fuliginea – C. fuscicarpa – C. glareosa – C. hamulata – C. hedbergiorum – C. hegelmaieriana – C. hermaphroditica – C. heterophylla – C. heteropoda – C. × hybrida – C. insularis – C. japonica – C. keniensis – C. lechleri – C. lenisulca – C. longipedunculata – C. lusitanica – C. mandonis – C. marginata – C. mathezii – C. mouterdei – C. muelleri – C. nubigena – C. × nyrensis – C. oblongicarpa – C. obtusangula – C. occidentalis – C. oreophila – C. palustris – C. papuana – C. pedunculosa – C. peploides – C. petriei – C. platycarpa – C. praetermissa – C. pulchra – C. quindiensis – C. raveniana – C. regis-jubae – C. rimosa – C. schotsmaniana – C. sonderi – C. stagnalis – C. stenoptera – C. terrestris – C. transvolgensis – C. trochlearis – C. truncata – C. turfosa – C. umbonata – C. × vigens – C. vulcanicola – C. wightiana

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Callitriche in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 08. Reference page.

Name

Callitriche L. Sp. Pl. 2: 969. (1753)

• Type species: Callitriche palustris L. Sp. Pl. 2: 969. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Stellaria Ség. in Pl. Veron. 3: 144 (1754), nom. illeg.
  • Stellina Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 1: 85 (1897), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Rwanda, DR Congo. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces (introduced). Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean Ascension (introduced). Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion (introduced). Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye. Regional: China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia (introduced). Regional: New Zealand Antipodean Islands, Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia. Regional: South-Central Pacific Tubuai Islands. Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Juan Fernández Islands, Paraguay, Uruguay. Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Amsterdam-St.Paul Islands, Crozet Islands, Falkland Islands, Heard-McDonald Islands, Kerguelen, Macquarie Islands, Marion-Prince Edward Islands, South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 969. Reference page. 

Additional references

• (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.501.1.3. epublication.
• SUESSWASSERFLORA VON MITTELEUROPA [Freshwater flora of Central Europe]: series editors: H. Ettl, J. Gerloff, H. Heynig, D. Mollenhauer. Band 24: Pteridophyta und Anthophyta 2: Saururaceae bis Asteraceae. 1981. 540 p. 1695 figures. ISBN 3-437-30341-4.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Callitriche in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jul 12. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Callitriche. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jul 2025. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Callitriche. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jul 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Callitriche. Accessed: 12 Jul 2025.
• 2014 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

• English: Water Starworts
• suomi: Vesitähdet
• українська: Виринниця

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