Biology:Callitriche heterophylla

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Short description: Aquatic plant species in the veronica family

Callitriche heterophylla
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Callitriche
Species:
C. heterophylla
Binomial name
Callitriche heterophylla
Pursh

Callitriche heterophylla, commonly called twoheaded water-starwort,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is native to North America, where it found in the north from Greenland to Alaska, south to Mexico.[2] It is widespread in the United States.[3] Its natural habitat is in a wide variety of wetlands, including ponds, streams, and mudflats. It is typically found in areas of still or slow moving water.[4]

Callitriche heterophylla is an aquatic plant, growing almost entirely submerged except for its floating stem tips. It produces minutely small flowers throughout the growing season.[4]

Taxonomy

Callitriche heterophylla was scientifically described and named in 1813 by Frederick Traugott Pursh. It is part of the genus Callitriche which is classified in the family Plantaginaceae. According to Plants of the World Online it has eleven heterotypic synonyms.[5]

Table of Synonyms
Name Year Rank Notes
Callitriche anceps Fernald 1908 species
Callitriche asagraei Hegelm. 1864 species
Callitriche bolanderi Hegelm. 1868 species
Callitriche brevifolia Pursh 1813 species
Callitriche cruciata Raf. 1811 species nom. utique rej.
Callitriche heterophylla subsp. bolanderi (Hegelm.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor 1963 subspecies
Callitriche heterophylla var. bolanderi (Hegelm.) Fassett 1951 variety
Callitriche ovata Raf. 1811 species nom. utique rej.
Callitriche palustris var. bolanderi (Hegelm.) Jeps. 1936 variety
Callitriche spuria Raf. 1808 species nom. utique rej.
Callitriche tuerckheimii Urb. 1912 species

References

  1. "Callitriche heterophylla". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAHE3. 
  2. Alan Weakley (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States". http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm. 
  3. "Callitriche heterophylla", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Callitriche%20heterophylla.png, retrieved 14 August 2018 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Yatskievych, George (2013). Flora of Missouri, Volume 3. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 623. 
  5. POWO (2026). "Callitriche heterophylla Pursh" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/30114541-2. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15348614 entry