Elatine

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Elatinaceae
Genus: Elatine
Species: E. alsinastrum – E. ambigua – E. americana – E. brachysperma – E. brochonii – E. californica – E. campylosperma – E. chilensis – E. ecuadoriensis – E. fassettiana – E. fauquei – E. gratioloides – E. gussonei – E. heterandra – E. hexandra – E. hungarica – E. hydropiper – E. lindbergii – E. lorentziana – E. macrocalyx – E. macropoda – E. madagascariensis – E. major – E. minima – E. ojibwayensis – E. paramoana – E. peruviana – E. rubella – E. spathulata – E. triandra
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Elatine in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 13. Reference page.

Name

Elatine L.

Type species: Elatine hydropiper L.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Alsinastrum Font Quer, Fl. Española 2: 265 (1762).
Potamopitys J.C.Buxb. ex Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 256 (1763).
Birolia Bellardi, Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino 18: 403 (1808).
Crypta Nutt., J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 117 (1817).
Cryptina Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 1: 192 (1819).
Willisellus Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 736 (1821 publ. 1822).
Elatinella Opiz, Seznam: 39 (1852).
Rhizium Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 243 (1867).
Hydropiper Buxb. ex Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 349 (1868).
Elatinopsis Clavaud, Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 38: lxx (1884).
Ilyphilos Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 477 (1916).

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 367.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Elatine in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 13. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Elatine in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Elatine. Published online. Accessed: Apr 13 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Elatine. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Apr 13.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Elatine in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
беларуская: Павойнічак
čeština: Úpor
English: waterwort
eesti: Vesipipar
suomi: Vesirikot
lietuvių: Vandenė
Nederlands: Glaskroos
polski: Nadwodnik
русский: Повойничек
svenska: Slamkrypor українська
українська: Руслиця
Tiếng Việt: Chi Đàn thảo
中文: 沟繁缕属

Elatine is one of only two genera in the plant family Elatinaceae, the waterwort family. It contains about 25 species of aquatic plants known generally as waterworts. These are annual or perennial plants found in wet areas worldwide.

Species include:

Elatine ambigua - Asian waterwort
Elatine alsinastrum L., 1753
Elatine americana - American waterwort
Elatine brachysperma - shortseed waterwort
Elatine californica - California waterwort
Elatine chilensis - Chilean waterwort
Elatine heterandra - mosquito waterwort
Elatine hexandra - six-stamen waterwort
Elatine hydropiper - eight-stamen waterwort
Elatine minima - small waterwort
Elatine rubella - southwestern waterwort
Elatine triandra - three-stamen waterwort

References