Callitriche hermaphroditica

Short description: Aquatic plant species in the veronica family

Callitriche hermaphroditica

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Plantaginaceae
Genus:  | Callitriche
Species:  |

C. hermaphroditica

Binomial name
Callitriche hermaphroditica

[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

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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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 POWO (2026). "Callitriche hermaphroditica L." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/330920-2.
2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `NatureServe`
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 POWO (2026). "Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. exalata Tzvelev" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/1001813-1.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 POWO (2026). "Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. hermaphroditica" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77167788-1.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 POWO (2026). "Callitriche hermaphroditica subsp. macrocarpa (Hegelm.) Lansdown" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77084711-1.

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