Callitriche

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: Cosmopolitan
- - 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 Russia, 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, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, 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 Is., 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 Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., 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 Russia, South Georgia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Tuva, Türkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon
- Introduced into:
  - Ascension, Madagascar, Mauritius, Northern Provinces, Réunion, Western Australia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd 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. 2014. Callitriche in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 May 31. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Callitriche. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 May 2014. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Callitriche. Published online. Accessed: May 31 2014. Reference page.
2014 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Water Starworts
suomi: Vesitähdet
українська: Виринниця