Stellaria aquatica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Caryophyllaceae
Tribus: Alsineae
Genus: Stellaria
Species: Stellaria aquatica

Name

Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 319. (1771)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Cerastium aquaticum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 439 (1753).
Homotypic
- Myosoton aquaticum (L.) Moench, Methodus: 225 (1794)
- Myosanthus aquaticus (L.) Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 227 (1816).
- Myosanthus aquaticus (L.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. L. Lyon, N. S. 16: 348 (1868), comb. superfl.
- Larbrea aquatica (L.) Ser., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 395 (1824).
- Malachium aquaticum (L.) Fr. ex Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2: 795 (1832).
- Stellularia media var. aquatica (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 52 (1891).
- Alsine aquatica (L.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 346 (1894).
Heterotypic
- Alsine uliginosa Vill., Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 48 (1779).
- Cerastium deflexum Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 417 (1824).
- Cerastium maximum Gilib., Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 158 (1782).
- Cerastium petiolare Hance, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 143 (1849).
- Cerastium scandens Lej., Fl. Spa 1: 211 (1811).
- Malachium calycinum Willk., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 5: 239 (1847).
  - Stellularia media var. calycina (Willk.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 52 (1891).
- Stellaria foecunda Hance in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 95 (1851).
  - Stellularia media var. foecunda (Hance) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 52 (1891).
- Stellaria pentagyna Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 3: 179 (1828).
- Stellularia media var. terrestris Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 52 (1891).
- Cerastium cordifolium Roxb., Hort. Beng. 35 (1814)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic, Slovakia), Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia (Malta, Sicily), Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Macedonia).
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kaliningrad), Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Gruziya).
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran, Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan ((Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu)), Korea (North Korea, South Korea), Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Thailand, Vietnam.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Sumatera.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Western Canada
  - British Columbia.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Washington.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences.

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

References

Primary references

 Scopoli, J.A. 1771. Flora Carniolica exhibens plantas Carnioliae indigenas et distributas in classes, genera, species, varietates, ordine Linnaeano. Editio secunda aucta et reformata. Tom. I. lxxii + 448 pp., tab. 1–32, Vindobona: Impensis Ioannis Pauli Krauss. BHL Biblioteca Digital  Reference page.

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 439. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2023. Stellaria aquatica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 02. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Stellaria aquatica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Stellaria aquatica. Published online. Accessed: Sep 02 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Stellaria aquatica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Sep 2019. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stellaria aquatica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Stellaria aquatica in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 7.

Vernacular names

català: morró d'aigua
čeština: křehkýš vodní
Deutsch: Wasserdarm
English: Water Chickweed
español: alsine de agua, alsine aquática
eesti: Vesitähthein
suomi: Vata
français: stellaire aquatique, ceraiste d'eau
hornjoserbsce: Wšědna mjechčeńca
magyar: Vízi csillaghúr
한국어: 쇠별꽃
lietuvių: Pastenis
Nederlands: Watermuur
polski: Kościenica wodna
português: Myosoton
русский: Мягковолосник
slovenčina: mäkkuľa vodná
svenska: Sprödarv
українська: Слабник водяний
中文（简体）: 鹅肠菜
中文（繁體）: 鵝腸菜
中文（臺灣）: 鵝腸菜
中文: 鵝兒腸, 鹅肠菜属