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Callitriche hermaphroditica

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Short description: Aquatic plant species in the veronica family

Callitriche hermaphroditica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Callitriche
Species:
C. hermaphroditica
Binomial name
Callitriche hermaphroditica
L.
[1]
  • Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. hermaphroditica Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. exalata
  • Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. macrocarpa
Synonyms[1]
  • Callitriche autumnalis

Callitriche hermaphroditica (vernacular name: autumnal water-starwort[2]) is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae.

Its native range is Subarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere.[1]

Taxonomy

Callitriche hermaphroditica was given its scientific name in 1755 by Carl Linnaeus. It is classified in the genus Callitriche within the family Plantaginaceae and has three accepted subspecies.[1]

  • Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. exalata
    This subspecies is only found in northwestern Russia.[3]
  • Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. hermaphroditica
    This subspecies is the most widespread and is native to North America, Europe, and Asia.[4]
  • Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. macrocarpa
    This subspecies is widely, but not continuously distributed being found in Alaska, Oregon, Greenland, Iceland, the British Isles, Scandenavia, and the Himalayas.[5]

Callitriche hermaphroditica has Script error: No such module "Table row counter". synonyms of the species or one of its three subspecies.[1][3][4][5]

Table of Synonyms
Name Year Rank Synonym of: Notes
Callitriche angustifolia Gilib. 1792 species subsp. hermaphroditica = het., opus utique oppr.
Callitriche aquatica subsp. autumnalis Bonnier 1921 subspecies C. hermaphroditica ≡ hom.
Callitriche autumnalis L. 1755 species C. hermaphroditica ≡ hom., nom. illeg.
Callitriche autumnalis var. linearis (Pursh) A.Gray 1862 variety subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Callitriche autumnalis f. linnei Kütz. 1831 form subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Callitriche autumnalis f. macrocarpa Hegelm. 1867 form subsp. macrocarpa ≡ hom.
Callitriche confervoides Thuill. ex Link 1820 species subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Callitriche decussata Link 1820 species subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Callitriche euautumnalis Syme 1868 species subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Callitriche exalata (Tzvelev) Tzvelev 2000 species subsp. exalata ≡ hom.
Callitriche foliosa Raf. 1808 species subsp. hermaphroditica = het., nom. utique rej.
Callitriche glomerata Thuill. ex Link 1820 species subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Callitriche linearis Pursh 1813 species subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Callitriche sessilis DC. 1805 species subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Callitriche sessilis var. autumnalis Mérat 1813 variety C. hermaphroditica ≡ hom., nom. superfl.
Callitriche sessilis var. confervoides Mérat 1812 variety subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Callitriche stellaria Raf. 1811 species subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Callitriche virens Goldb. 1817 species subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Stellaria autumnalis F.H.Wigg. 1780 species subsp. hermaphroditica = het.
Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym; = heterotypic synonym

References

Wikidata ☰ Q162298 entry




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