Common Water-Starwort
Callitriche palustris L.
Callitriche palustris L., known as Common Water-Starwort, is a species in the family Plantaginaceae. It is native to regions including Greenland, Labrador, Newfoundland, and parts of Canada and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, with a broader distribution in the Australasian, Nearctic, Oriental (Indomalaya), and Palaearctic regions. The species was first published in 1753 and is the type species of the genus Callitriche. It is also referred to by several other common names, including vernal water-starwort, narrow-fruited water-starwort, and spiny water starwort.
Description
Callitriche palustris is an aquatic plant species that has been the subject of taxonomic discussion. Although C. androgyna was not officially a superfluous name, it was proposed as a replacement for C. palustris var. minima L. (1753), which corresponds to the autonymic variety. To clarify the taxonomic relationship, C. androgyna was typified to be homotypic with C. palustris L. (1753). This species is notable for its ecological role in aquatic environments and is recognized as the type species for the genus Callitriche.
Other common names
spring water-starwortCommon Water-StarwortMarsh Water-StarwortNarrow-Fruit Water-StarwortNarrow-Fruited Water-StarwortSpiny Water-StarwortSpiny WaterstarwortSpring WaterstarwortVernal Water-StarwortVernal WaterstarwortWater ChickweedWater FennelWater Starwort
Distribution
Greenland · Labrador · Newfoundland · Alberta · British Columbia · Manitoba · New Brunswick · Nova Scotia · Northwest Territories · Nunavut · Ontario · Prince Edward Island · Quebec · Saskatchewan · Yukon · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Australasian · Nearctic · Oriental (Indomalaya) · Palaearctic · TW · Flanders · SE · Vermont-US · IS · NO · DK · GL · Global · Belgium
Synonyms
Callitriche androgynaCallitriche fontanaCallitriche minimaCallitriche palustris var. minimaCallitriche verna var. cespitosaCallitriche verna var. fontanaCallitriche verna var. minimaCallitriche vernalis var. minimaCallitriche verna var. stellataCallitriche verna var. stellataCallitriche palustris var. palustrisCallitriche verna var. leptophyllaCallitriche sessilis var. minimaStellaria palustris f. minimaCallitriche verna var. minimaCallitriche verna subvar. minimaCallitriche verna f. minimaCallitriche verna f. fontanaStellaria palustris
