Callitriche terrestris

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 terrestris

Callitriche terrestris Raf., 1808

Homotypic
- Callitriche verna var. terrestris (Raf.) Torr. in State New York, Commun. 50: 136 (1841)
Heterotypic
- Callitriche austinii Engelm. in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 5: 428 (1867)
- Callitriche deflexa var. austinii (Engelm.) Hegelm. in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 9: 15 (1867)
- Callitriche deflexa var. subsessilis Fassett in Rhodora 53: 150 (1951)
- Callitriche pedunculata A.Gray ex Hegelm. in Monogr. Callitriche: 58 (1864), not validly publ.
- Callitriche terrestris subsp. subsessilis (Fassett) Bacig. in Fl. Ilustr. Entre Ríos 5: 577 (1979)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Venezuela
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Central USA
  - Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- Regional: Eastern USA
  - Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, Virginia
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mississippi, Missouri
- Regional: Canada
  - New Brunswick
- Introduced into:
  - Great Britain, Japan, Réunion, Spain, Taiwan

Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.G. 1808. Essential generic and specific characters of some new genusses and species of plants, observed in the United States of America, in 1803 and 1804. The Medical Repository ser. 2, 5: 356–363. Hathitrust Reference page. : 2, 5: 358

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Callitriche terrestris 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 terrestris. Published online. Accessed: July 09 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Callitriche terrestris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 July 2025. Reference page.