Damasonium alisma

Starfruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Damasonium
Species:
D. alisma
Binomial name
Damasonium alisma
Synonyms[2]
  • Actinocarpus damasonium (L.) Sweet
  • Actinocarpus europaeus Spreng.
  • Actinocarpus maior Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Actinocarpus stellatus Bubani
  • Alisma damasonium L.
  • Alisma stellatum Lam.
  • Damasonium dalechampii Gray
  • Damasonium damasonium (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Damasonium stellatum Thuill.
  • Damasonium vulgare Coss. & Germ.

Damasonium alisma is a species of flowering marsh plant known by the common name of starfruit. Its native range includes parts of Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Kazakhstan.[3][4]

Damasonium alisma is native to the British Isles and was at one time commonly found in south and central England.[5] Numbers have declined as a result of the loss of pond habitats.[6] It was not recorded in the wild in 2006 and is classified as endangered within the United Kingdom.[7] Seeds from the (extinct) Headley Heath population were germinated in undisturbed ponds managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust in 2013, and have grown there each year since (at least up to 2018).

  1. ^ Lansdown, R. V. (2011). "Damasonium alisma. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T164465A5879418". Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Damasonium alisma Mill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  3. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  4. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Mestolaccia stellata, Starfruit Damasonium alisma
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