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Ceratophyllaceae Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 395, 554. 1822. (10 Jan 1822) [wfo-7000000127]
Ceratophyllum L. Sp. Pl. : 992 (1753) [wfo-4000007373]
synonym Dichotophyllum Moench Methodus (Moench) 345 (1794). [4 May 1794] [wfo-4000011445]
synonym Fassettia Mavrodiev Austral. Syst. Bot. 34(5): 435. 2021 [wfo-4100000941]
synonym Hydroceratophyllon Ség. Pl. Veron. 3: 62 (1754) [wfo-4000045260]
synonym Revatophyllum Röhl. Deutschl. Fl., ed. 2, 2: 514 (1812) [wfo-4000045261]
C. australe Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 14 (1879) [wfo-0000831728]
homotypic Ceratophyllum muricatum subsp. australe (Griseb.) Les Syst. Bot. 13(1): 85. 1988 [wfo-0000832139]
synonym Ceratophyllum cristatum Spruce ex K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 748. 1894 (1894) [wfo-0000831763]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. cristatum K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 748 (1894) [wfo-0000831807]
synonym Ceratophyllum floridanum Fassett in Com. Inst. Trop. Invest. Cient. ii. 29 (1953); cf. Gray Herb. Card Cat. [wfo-0000832005]
synonym Ceratophyllum llerenae Fassett in Com. Inst. Trop. Invest. Cient. ii. 29 (1953); cf. Gray Herb. Card Cat. [wfo-0000832098]
synonym Ceratophyllum muricatum subsp. australe (Griseb.) Les Syst. Bot. 13(1): 85. 1988 [wfo-0000832139]
basionym Ceratophyllum australe Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 14 (1879) [wfo-0000831728]
C. demersum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 992. 1753 [1 May 1753] [wfo-0000831785]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. commune A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 383 (1856) [wfo-0001380156]
homotypic Dichotophyllum demersum (L.) Moench Methodus : 345 (1794) [wfo-0000942981]
synonym Ceratophyllum cornutum Rich. ex S.F.Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 555 1821 [wfo-0001292812]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. commune A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 383 (1856) [wfo-0001380156]
basionym Ceratophyllum demersum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 992. 1753 [1 May 1753] [wfo-0000831785]
homotypic Dichotophyllum demersum (L.) Moench Methodus : 345 (1794) [wfo-0000942981]
synonym Dichotophyllum demersum (L.) Moench Methodus : 345 (1794) [wfo-0000942981]
basionym Ceratophyllum demersum L. Sp. Pl. 2: 992. 1753 [1 May 1753] [wfo-0000831785]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. commune A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 383 (1856) [wfo-0001380156]
C. demersum var. apiculatum (Cham.) Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 219 (1860) [wfo-0000831796]
basionym Ceratophyllum apiculatum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000831696]
synonym Ceratophyllum apiculatum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000831696]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. apiculatum (Cham.) Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 219 (1860) [wfo-0000831796]
synonym Ceratophyllum chilense Leyb. Anales Univ. Chile 1859: 682 (1859) [wfo-0000831739]
synonym Ceratophyllum unicorne Dumort. Fl. Belg. : 165 (1827) [wfo-0000832428]
C. demersum var. demersum  Unknown [wfo-0000831818]
synonym Ceratophyllum aquaticum H.C.Watson Topogr. Bot. 1: 165 (1873) [wfo-0000831707]
synonym Ceratophyllum asperum Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 196 (1779) [wfo-0000831717]
synonym Ceratophyllum cornutum Rich. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 16: 299 (1810) [wfo-0000831750]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. inflatum R.E.Fr. Schwed. Rhod.-Kongo Exped. 1: 41. 1914 [wfo-0000831850]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. oxyacanthum (Cham.) K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 748 (1894) [wfo-0000831905]
basionym Ceratophyllum oxyacanthum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000832194]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum f. papillosum Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 261 (1985) [wfo-0000831927]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. tricorne Van Haes. Ann. Soc. Méd. Anvers 1841: 394. [wfo-0000831985]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum subvar. tricorne Nyman  [wfo-1200041413]
basionym Ceratophyllum tricorne Dumort. Fl. Belg. : 165 (1827) [wfo-0000832395]
synonym Ceratophyllum gibbum Laforet ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 251 (1879) [wfo-0000832013]
synonym Ceratophyllum indicum Willd. ex Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000832040]
synonym Ceratophyllum oxyacanthum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000832194]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. oxyacanthum (Cham.) K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 748 (1894) [wfo-0000831905]
synonym Ceratophyllum tricorne Dumort. Fl. Belg. : 165 (1827) [wfo-0000832395]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum subvar. tricorne Nyman  [wfo-1200041413]
synonym Ceratophyllum tricuspidatum Dumort. Fl. Belg. : 165 (1827) [wfo-0000832406]
synonym Ceratophyllum tuberculatum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000832417]
synonym Ceratophyllum verticillatum Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 624 (1832) [wfo-0000832459]
synonym Ceratophyllum vulgare Schleid. Linnaea 11: 540 (1837) [wfo-0000832469]
C. demersum var. inerme J.Gay ex Radcl.-Sm. Kew Bull. 37: 610 (1983) [wfo-0001388393]
C. demersum f. missionis (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 259 (1985) [wfo-0000831873]
basionym Ceratophyllum missionis Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 310 (1834) [wfo-1000050001]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. missionis (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) S.K.Srivast. Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. 2: 566. 2020 [wfo-1200007833]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. missionis (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) S.K.Srivast. Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. 2: 566. 2020 [wfo-1200007833]
basionym Ceratophyllum missionis Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 310 (1834) [wfo-1000050001]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum f. missionis (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 259 (1985) [wfo-0000831873]
synonym Ceratophyllum missionis Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] sub n. 7007. 1832 [wfo-0000832117]
synonym Ceratophyllum missionis Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 310 (1834) [wfo-1000050001]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum f. missionis (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 259 (1985) [wfo-0000831873]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. missionis (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) S.K.Srivast. Fl. Pl. India Annot. Checkl. 2: 566. 2020 [wfo-1200007833]
C. demersum var. platyacanthum (Cham.) Wimm. Fl. Schles. ed. 3: 169 (1857) [wfo-0000831962]
basionym Ceratophyllum platyacanthum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000832235]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum subsp. platyacanthum (Cham.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 251 (1879) [wfo-0000831952]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. notacanthum Foucaud Fl. Ouest France ed. 4: 26. 1886 [wfo-0000831895]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. pentacanthum (Haynald) K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 750. 1894 [wfo-0000831938]
basionym Ceratophyllum pentacanthum Haynald Magyar Növényt. Lapok 5: 109 (1881) [wfo-0000832225]
homotypic Ceratophyllum platyacanthum var. pentacanthum (Haynald) P.Fourn. Fl. Vostochno? Evropy 10: 32 (2001) [wfo-0000832255]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum subsp. platyacanthum (Cham.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 251 (1879) [wfo-0000831952]
basionym Ceratophyllum platyacanthum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000832235]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. platyacanthum (Cham.) Wimm. Fl. Schles. ed. 3: 169 (1857) [wfo-0000831962]
synonym Ceratophyllum komarovii Kuzen. Fl. URSS 7: 719 (1937) [wfo-0000832066]
synonym Ceratophyllum oxyacanthum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 218 (1866) [wfo-0000832204]
synonym Ceratophyllum pentacanthum Haynald Magyar Növényt. Lapok 5: 109 (1881) [wfo-0000832225]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. pentacanthum (Haynald) K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 750. 1894 [wfo-0000831938]
homotypic Ceratophyllum platyacanthum var. pentacanthum (Haynald) P.Fourn. Fl. Vostochno? Evropy 10: 32 (2001) [wfo-0000832255]
synonym Ceratophyllum platyacanthum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000832235]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum subsp. platyacanthum (Cham.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 251 (1879) [wfo-0000831952]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. platyacanthum (Cham.) Wimm. Fl. Schles. ed. 3: 169 (1857) [wfo-0000831962]
synonym Ceratophyllum platyacanthum var. pentacanthum (Haynald) P.Fourn. Fl. Vostochno? Evropy 10: 32 (2001) [wfo-0000832255]
basionym Ceratophyllum pentacanthum Haynald Magyar Növényt. Lapok 5: 109 (1881) [wfo-0000832225]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. pentacanthum (Haynald) K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 750. 1894 [wfo-0000831938]
synonym Ceratophyllum triacanthum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 218 (1866) [wfo-0000832384]
C. demersum var. quadrispinum Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1(6): 21 (1917) [wfo-0000831974]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum f. quadrispinum (Makino) Kitag. J. Jap. Bot. 40: 139 1965 [wfo-0000909254]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. pentacorne Kitag. Rep. Exped. Manchoukuo Sect. IV 4: 80. 1936 [wfo-0000831945]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum f. quadrispinum (Makino) Kitag. J. Jap. Bot. 40: 139 1965 [wfo-0000909254]
basionym Ceratophyllum demersum var. quadrispinum Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1(6): 21 (1917) [wfo-0000831974]
synonym Ceratophyllum oryzetorum Kom. Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 200 (1931 publ. 1932) [wfo-0000832183]
homotypic Ceratophyllum platyacanthum subsp. oryzetorum (Kom.) Les Syst. Bot. 13: 517 (1988) [wfo-0000832245]
synonym Ceratophyllum pentacanthum Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. viii. 130 1919). [wfo-0000832215]
synonym Ceratophyllum platyacanthum subsp. oryzetorum (Kom.) Les Syst. Bot. 13: 517 (1988) [wfo-0000832245]
basionym Ceratophyllum oryzetorum Kom. Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 200 (1931 publ. 1932) [wfo-0000832183]
C. echinatum A.Gray Manual : 401 (1848) [wfo-0000831996]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. echinatum (A.Gray) A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 383 (1856) [wfo-0000831829]
homotypic Ceratophyllum submersum var. echinatum (A.Gray) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 (1985) [wfo-0000832297]
homotypic Fassettia echinata (A.Gray) Mavrodiev Austral. Syst. Bot. 34(5): 435. 2021 [wfo-1000027113]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. echinatum (A.Gray) A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 383 (1856) [wfo-0000831829]
basionym Ceratophyllum echinatum A.Gray Manual : 401 (1848) [wfo-0000831996]
homotypic Ceratophyllum submersum var. echinatum (A.Gray) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 (1985) [wfo-0000832297]
homotypic Fassettia echinata (A.Gray) Mavrodiev Austral. Syst. Bot. 34(5): 435. 2021 [wfo-1000027113]
synonym Ceratophyllum submersum var. echinatum (A.Gray) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 (1985) [wfo-0000832297]
basionym Ceratophyllum echinatum A.Gray Manual : 401 (1848) [wfo-0000831996]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. echinatum (A.Gray) A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 383 (1856) [wfo-0000831829]
homotypic Fassettia echinata (A.Gray) Mavrodiev Austral. Syst. Bot. 34(5): 435. 2021 [wfo-1000027113]
synonym Fassettia echinata (A.Gray) Mavrodiev Austral. Syst. Bot. 34(5): 435. 2021 [wfo-1000027113]
basionym Ceratophyllum echinatum A.Gray Manual : 401 (1848) [wfo-0000831996]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. echinatum (A.Gray) A.Gray Manual, ed. 2: 383 (1856) [wfo-0000831829]
homotypic Ceratophyllum submersum var. echinatum (A.Gray) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 (1985) [wfo-0000832297]
C. muricatum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000832128]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. muricatum (Cham.) K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 750. 1894 [wfo-0000831884]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum subsp. muricatum (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 1985 [wfo-0001238282]
homotypic Ceratophyllum submersum subsp. muricatum (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 (1985) [wfo-0000832339]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. muricatum (Cham.) K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 750. 1894 [wfo-0000831884]
basionym Ceratophyllum muricatum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000832128]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum subsp. muricatum (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 1985 [wfo-0001238282]
homotypic Ceratophyllum submersum subsp. muricatum (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 (1985) [wfo-0000832339]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum subsp. muricatum (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 1985 [wfo-0001238282]
basionym Ceratophyllum muricatum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000832128]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. muricatum (Cham.) K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 750. 1894 [wfo-0000831884]
homotypic Ceratophyllum submersum subsp. muricatum (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 (1985) [wfo-0000832339]
synonym Ceratophyllum submersum subsp. muricatum (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 (1985) [wfo-0000832339]
basionym Ceratophyllum muricatum Cham. Linnaea 4: 504 (1829) [wfo-0000832128]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. muricatum (Cham.) K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 3(3): 750. 1894 [wfo-0000831884]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum subsp. muricatum (Cham.) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 1985 [wfo-0001238282]
C. muricatum subsp. kossinskyi (Kuzen.) Les Syst. Bot. 13: 85 (1988) [wfo-0000832150]
basionym Ceratophyllum kossinskyi Kuzen. Fl. URSS 7: 719 (1937) [wfo-0000832077]
synonym Ceratophyllum inflatum C.C.Jao ex K.C.Kuan Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 27: 603 (1979) [wfo-0000832055]
synonym Ceratophyllum kossinskyi Kuzen. Fl. URSS 7: 719 (1937) [wfo-0000832077]
homotypic Ceratophyllum muricatum subsp. kossinskyi (Kuzen.) Les Syst. Bot. 13: 85 (1988) [wfo-0000832150]
synonym Ceratophyllum manschuricum (Miki) Kitag. Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 3(App. 1): 207 (1939) [wfo-0000832107]
basionym Ceratophyllum submersum var. manschuricum Miki Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 778. 1935 [wfo-0000832329]
synonym Ceratophyllum submersum var. manschuricum Miki Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 778. 1935 [wfo-0000832329]
homotypic Ceratophyllum manschuricum (Miki) Kitag. Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 3(App. 1): 207 (1939) [wfo-0000832107]
synonym Ceratophyllum submersum var. squamosum Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 (1985) [wfo-0000832350]
C. muricatum subsp. muricatum   [wfo-0000832161]
synonym Ceratophyllum cristatum Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. : 295 (1832) [wfo-0000831774]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. oxycarpum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 644. 1891 [wfo-0000831916]
synonym Ceratophyllum polyacanthum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 218 (1866) [wfo-0000832277]
C. submersum L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 1409 (1763) [wfo-0000832288]
synonym Ceratophyllum submersum subsp. submersum   [wfo-0001292815]
C. submersum var. haynaldianum (Borbás) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 (1985) [wfo-0000832308]
basionym Ceratophyllum haynaldianum Borbás Magyar Növényt. Lapok 8: 20 (1884) [wfo-0000832031]
synonym Ceratophyllum haynaldianum Borbás Magyar Növényt. Lapok 8: 20 (1884) [wfo-0000832031]
homotypic Ceratophyllum submersum var. haynaldianum (Borbás) Wilmot-Dear Kew Bull. 40: 266 (1985) [wfo-0000832308]
C. submersum var. submersum  Unknown [wfo-0000832361]
synonym Ceratophyllum demersum var. laeve Crép. Man. Fl. Belgique ed. 5: 325. 1884 [wfo-0000831861]
basionym Ceratophyllum laeve Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 197 (1779) [wfo-0000832088]
synonym Ceratophyllum granulosum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 218 (1866) [wfo-0000832024]
homotypic Ceratophyllum submersum var. granulosum (Schur) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 251. 1879 [wfo-0000803256]
synonym Ceratophyllum inerme Dumort. Fl. Belg. : 165 (1827) [wfo-0000832049]
synonym Ceratophyllum laeve Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 197 (1779) [wfo-0000832088]
homotypic Ceratophyllum demersum var. laeve Crép. Man. Fl. Belgique ed. 5: 325. 1884 [wfo-0000831861]
synonym Ceratophyllum muticum Cham. Linnaea 4: 505 (1829) [wfo-0000832173]
homotypic Ceratophyllum submersum subvar. muticum Nyman  [wfo-1200041412]
synonym Ceratophyllum submersum var. granulosum (Schur) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 251. 1879 [wfo-0000803256]
basionym Ceratophyllum granulosum Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 218 (1866) [wfo-0000832024]
synonym Ceratophyllum submersum var. inerme Van Haes. Ann. Soc. Méd. Anvers 1841: 394. [wfo-0000832319]
synonym Ceratophyllum submersum subvar. muticum Nyman  [wfo-1200041412]
basionym Ceratophyllum muticum Cham. Linnaea 4: 505 (1829) [wfo-0000832173]
synonym Ceratophyllum submersum var. spinosum Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris 377. 1812 [wfo-1200015464]
synonym Ceratophyllum verrucosum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 554 (1821 publ. 1822) [wfo-0000832439]
synonym Ceratophyllum verruculosum Rich. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 16: 299 (1810) [wfo-0000832449]
C. tanaieticum Sapjegin Gen. Ceratophyllum 9. 1903 (as Tanaïticum) [wfo-1000036017]
C. tanaiticum Sapegin Trudy Obshch. Isp. Prir. Imp. Khar'kovsk. Univ. 37: 315 (1905) [wfo-0000832372]

Ceratophyllum: Unplaced Names

unknown Ceratophyllum affine Z.F.Troitzk.  [wfo-0001292813]
deprecated Ceratophyllum cristatum Perr. & Guill. Fl. Seneg. Tent. 296 1833 [wfo-0001292816]
deprecated Ceratophyllum sect. Muricatum Les Syst. Bot. 14(2): 259. 1989 [wfo-3400008797]
unknown Ceratophyllum platyacanthum subsp. platyacanthum  Unknown [wfo-0000832266]
deprecated Ceratophyllum sect. Submersum Les Syst. Bot. 14(2): 259. 1989 [wfo-3400008796]