11. Water-Starworts: Callitriche of Europe

Author(s): R.V. Lansdown
Illustrations: F.J. Rumsey, R.V. Lansdown
Editor(s): P.H. Oswald

Published: 2008
180 pages with black and white illustrations
ISBN: 9780901158369

Provides guidance on the identification of all species, subspecies and varieties of water-starwort that have been reliably recorded in the wild in Europe. Water-Starworts: Callitriche of Europe is primarily intended as a field guide for use by botanists with some familiarity with identifying aquatic plants and by microscopic methods. Important introductory chapters describe structure and variation and their relevance to identification, methods to aid identification, ecology, conservation, and keys. The species accounts are augmented by line illustrations and details of key features as well as distribution maps for UK and Europe.