The Genus Callitriche (Callitrichaceae) in Asia Richard V. Lansdown 45 The Bridle, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4SQ, United Kingdom.
[email protected] ABSTRACT . Taxonomic review is provided for Calli- from islands in southeastern Asia, and var. oryze- triche taxa occurring in central and eastern Asia east torum, formerly described as C. oryzetorum Petrov, of the Urals and in southeastern Asia north of Irian from southern China, Japan, and Taiwan. Jaya Barat. Three new species: Callitriche fuscicarpa, Few accounts of the genus in Asia give due C. glareosa, and C. raveniana are described from consideration to reproductive features and conse- Nepal, Bhutan, and Taiwan, China, respectively. Two quently there is much misidentification. Many new varieties are also described: Callitriche palustris accounts report Callitriche stagnalis Scopoli from L. var. megalata from Siberia in Russia and Calli- Asia (Cheng & Ming, 1980; Kak & Javeid, 1982; triche palustris L. var. strumosa from western Sumatra Cook, 1996; Sarwar, 1998; Larsen, 2000), while Kak in Indonesia. Callitriche nana is newly referred as and Javeid (1982) also report C. obtusangula Le Gall a synonym of C. japonica Engelmann ex Hegelmaier. and C. truncata Gussone. However, thorough review of Callitriche oryzetorum Petrov is transferred and herbarium material (Schotsman, 1985; Lansdown, reduced in rank to a variety of C. palustris L. Calli- 2006, in press) has failed to find any material of C. triche wightiana Wallich in Wight is lectotypified. stagnalis east of the Urals, C. obtusangula east of the Key words: Asia, Callitriche, Callitrichaceae. Mediterranean, or C. truncata east of the Black Sea. When possible, I have taken the literature into Callitriche L.