Callitriche platycarpa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Callitricheae
Genus: Callitriche
Species: Callitriche platycarpa

Name

Callitriche platycarpa Kütz., 1831

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Callitriche aquatica subsp. platycarpa (Kütz.) Bonnier & Layens in Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 106 (1894)
- Callitriche platycarpa subsp. fluviatilis Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 39 (1831), not validly publ.
- Callitriche stagnalis subsp. platycarpa (Kütz.) Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 250 (1879)
- Callitriche stagnalis var. platycarpa (Kütz.) Lloyd & Fouc. in Fl. Ouest France: 310 (1854)
- Stellina platycarpa (Kütz.) Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 1: 86 (1897)
Heterotypic
- Callitriche font-queri P.Allorge in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 88: 242 (1941)
- Callitriche natans (L.) Samp. in Herb. Port.: 44 (1913)
- Callitriche palustris var. natans L. in Sp. Pl.: 969 (1753)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. agona Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 40 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. anisophylla (Kütz.) Kütz. in Linnaea 7: 184 (1832)
- Callitriche platycarpa f. anisophylla Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 41 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa f. caespititia Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 40 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa f. carpophora Kütz. in Linnaea 7: 182 (1832)
- Callitriche platycarpa f. elongata Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 41 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. expansa Kütz. in Linnaea 7: 184 (1832)
- Callitriche platycarpa f. fluctuans Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 40 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. gigantea Kütz. in Linnaea 7: 182 (1832), nom. superfl.
- Callitriche platycarpa f. lanceolata Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 41 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa f. latifolia Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 41 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa f. laxa Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 40 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. leptophylla (Kütz.) Kütz. in Linnaea 7: 184 (1832)
- Callitriche platycarpa f. leptophylla Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 41 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa f. major Kütz. in Linnaea 7: 184 (1832), nom. illeg.
- Callitriche platycarpa f. minor Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: t. 886, f. 1195 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. obovata Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 40 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. paludosa Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 41 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. prolifera Kütz. in Linnaea 7: 184 (1832)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. rigidula Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 39 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. sclerocaula Kütz. in Linnaea 7: 184 (1832)
- Callitriche platycarpa subsp. stagnalis Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 40 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa f. sterilis (Kütz.) Kütz. in Linnaea 7: 182 (1832)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. sterilis Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 40 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. uliginosa Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 40 (1831)
- Callitriche platycarpa var. undulata Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 39 (1831)
- Stellaria palustris f. natans (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 87 (1898)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Central Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Føroyar, Norway, Sweden
- Regional: Westernl Europe
  - Great Britain, Ireland
Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regional: Southwestern Asia
  - East Aegean Is., Türkey
- Introduced into:
  - New Zealand North

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Kütz. in H.G.L.Reichenbach, 183. Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 9: 38

Additional references

(2023). https://doi.org/10.2298/BOTSERB2302347T. epublication.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Callitriche platycarpa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Callitriche platycarpa. Published online. Accessed: July 09 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Callitriche platycarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 July 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

čeština: Hvězdoš hranoplodý
dansk: Fladfrugtet Vandstjerne
Deutsch: Flachfrüchtiger Wasserstern
English: Various-leaved water starwort
Nederlands: Gewoon sterrenkroos