Stellaria aquatica

Stellaria aquatica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Alsineae
Genus: Stellaria
Species: Stellaria aquatica

Name

Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 319. (1771)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cerastium aquaticum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 439 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench, Methodus: 225 (1794)
  • Myosanthus aquaticus (L.) Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 227 (1816).
  • Myosanthus aquaticus (L.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. L. Lyon, N. S. 16: 348 (1868), comb. superfl.
  • Larbrea aquatica (L.) Ser., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 395 (1824).
  • Malachium aquaticum (L.) Fr. ex Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 795 (1832).
  • Stellularia media var. aquatica (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 52 (1891).
  • Alsine aquatica (L.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 346 (1894).
• Heterotypic
  • Alsine uliginosa Vill., Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 48 (1779).
  • Cerastium deflexum Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 417 (1824).
  • Cerastium maximum Gilib., Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 158 (1782).
  • Cerastium petiolare Hance, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 143 (1849).
  • Cerastium scandens Lej., Fl. Spa 1: 211 (1811).
  • Malachium calycinum Willk., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 5: 239 (1847).
    • Stellularia media var. calycina (Willk.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 52 (1891).
  • Stellaria foecunda Hance in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 95 (1851).
    • Stellularia media var. foecunda (Hance) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 52 (1891).
  • Stellaria pentagyna Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 3: 179 (1828).
  • Stellularia media var. terrestris Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 52 (1891).
  • Cerastium cordifolium Roxb., Hort. Beng. 35 (1814)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Portugal, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia (Malta, Sicily), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Macedonia). Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kaliningrad), Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya). Regional: Western Asia Iran, Turkey. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan ((Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)), Korea (North Korea, South Korea), Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Assam, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Sumatera. Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Canada British Columbia. Regional: Eastern Canada Ontario, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Washington. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Scopoli, J.A. 1771. Flora Carniolica exhibens plantas Carnioliae indigenas et distributas in classes, genera, species, varietates, ordine Linnaeano. Editio secunda aucta et reformata. Tom. I. lxxii + 448 pp., tab. 1–32, Vindobona: Impensis Ioannis Pauli Krauss. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 439. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2023. Stellaria aquatica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 02. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Stellaria aquatica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Stellaria aquatica. Published online. Accessed: Sep 02 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Stellaria aquatica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Sep 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stellaria aquatica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Stellaria aquatica in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 7.

Vernacular names

català: morró d'aigua
čeština: křehkýš vodní
Deutsch: Wasserdarm
English: Water Chickweed
español: alsine de agua, alsine aquática
eesti: Vesitähthein
suomi: Vata
français: stellaire aquatique, ceraiste d'eau
hornjoserbsce: Wšědna mjechčeńca
magyar: Vízi csillaghúr
한국어: 쇠별꽃
lietuvių: Pastenis
Nederlands: Watermuur
polski: Kościenica wodna
português: Myosoton
русский: Мягковолосник
slovenčina: mäkkuľa vodná
svenska: Sprödarv
українська: Слабник водяний
中文（简体）: 鹅肠菜
中文（繁體）: 鵝腸菜
中文（臺灣）: 鵝腸菜
中文: 鵝兒腸, 鹅肠菜属

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