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Water Starworts
Callitriche
Callitriche is a genus of largely aquatic plants known as water-starwort. Previously, it was the only genus in the family Callitrichaceae. However, according to the APG II system this family is now included in the Plantaginaceae (plantain family). The family name Callitrichaceae retains its status as nomen conservandum (name to be retained).
44 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Callitriche palustris
complexCallitriche palustris
Large Water-starwort
speciesCallitriche heterophylla
Terrestrial Water-starwort
speciesCallitriche terrestris
round water-starwort
speciesCallitriche muelleri
Winged Water-starwort
speciesCallitriche marginata
Autumnal Water-starwort
speciesCallitriche hermaphroditica
Mat Waterwort
speciesCallitriche peploides
Callitriche petriei
speciesCallitriche petriei
Antarctic water-starwort
speciesCallitriche antarctica
Nuttall's Water Starwort
speciesCallitriche pedunculosa
broad-fruited water-starwort
speciesCallitriche deflexa
Callitriche japonica
speciesCallitriche japonica
Callitriche sonderi
speciesCallitriche sonderi
Short-leaved Water-starwort
speciesCallitriche truncata
Callitriche fassettii
speciesCallitriche fassettii
Callitriche aucklandica
speciesCallitriche aucklandica
Brackish Water-starwort
speciesCallitriche lenisulca
Callitriche lechleri
speciesCallitriche lechleri
Callitriche heteropoda
speciesCallitriche heteropoda
Callitriche capricorni
speciesCallitriche capricorni
Callitriche longipedunculata
speciesCallitriche longipedunculata
Chatham Island Starwort
speciesCallitriche chathamensis
Angular Water-starwort
speciesCallitriche cribrosa
Callitriche umbonata
speciesCallitriche umbonata
Callitriche trochlearis
speciesCallitriche trochlearis
Callitriche nubigena
speciesCallitriche nubigena
Callitriche mouterdei
speciesCallitriche mouterdei
Callitriche compressa
speciesCallitriche compressa
Callitriche turfosa
speciesCallitriche turfosa
Iberian water-starwort
speciesCallitriche lusitanica
Narrow-winged Water-starwort
speciesCallitriche stenoptera
Callitriche wightiana
speciesCallitriche wightiana
Callitriche rimosa
speciesCallitriche rimosa
Callitriche raveniana
speciesCallitriche raveniana
Volga water-starwort
speciesCallitriche transvolgensis
Callitriche christensenii
speciesCallitriche christensenii
Callitriche vulcanicola
speciesCallitriche vulcanicola
Callitriche mathezii
speciesCallitriche mathezii
Beautiful water-starwort
speciesCallitriche pulchra
King Juba's water-starwort
speciesCallitriche regis-jubae
Callitriche fuscicarpa
speciesCallitriche fuscicarpa
Callitriche glareosa
speciesCallitriche glareosa
Callitriche brachycarpa
speciesCallitriche brachycarpa
Callitriche keniensis
speciesCallitriche keniensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58096.