Callitriche L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 969 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Heard-McDonald Is., Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kerguelen, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Macquarie Is., Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marion-Prince Edward, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, South Georgia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Ascension, Madagascar, Mauritius, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.501.1.3. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lansdown, R.V. (2006). Notes on the water-starworts (Callitriche) recorded in Europe. Watsonia 26: 105-120.
  • Lansdown, R.V. (2008). Water-starworths (Callitriche) of Europe. Botanical Society of the British Isles Handbook 11: 1-180.
  • Lansdown, R.V. (2009). Nomenclatural notes on Callitriche (Callitrichaceae) in North America. Novon 19: 364-369.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 5 (1754)
  • O. Hedberg & I. Hedberg, Tropical African Callitriche, Biol. Skr. 54: 19–30 (2001)
  • Schotsman in B.J.B.B. 55: 291–296 (1985)
  • in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser 4, 10: 3–17 (1988)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 17, 2007 Tharp, B.C. [46017] United States K001070139 Type Yes
Oct 1, 1959 Progel, A. [s.n.] Germany K001070126 Topotype Yes
Verdcourt, B. [5480] United Kingdom K:SPC-54862.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [5479] United Kingdom K:SPC-54863.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [2455] United Kingdom K:SPC-04970.000 No
Sandwith, N.Y. United Kingdom K:SPC-04969.000 No
Benoit, P.M. [H 1273/56] United Kingdom K:SPC-26695.000 No
Souster, J. United Kingdom K:SPC-06640.000 No
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R. [1861] United Kingdom K:SPC-06641.000 No
Mandon, G. [1456] Bolivia K000471001 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bailey, F.M. [s.n.] Australia K000348670 Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R. United Kingdom K:SPC-03236.000 No

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0