Callitriche pulchra

Callitriche pulchra,^[2] the beautiful water starwort, is a plant that was listed on the 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species,^[1] based on specimens gathered on Gavdos island, Crete by H. D. Schotsman. Additionally, two of Pamapani's specimens were identified at Le Due Palme.^[3] Schotsman thereafter classified in 1968 in three different ponds located in Cyrenaica.^[4] In 2015 Callitriche pulchra was detected in Cyprus, somewhat reducing its endangered status.^[5] Other locations it has been encountered include Greece,^[6] Libya^[7] and Syria.^[8]

Callitriche pulchra
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Callitriche
Species:	C. pulchra
Binomial name
Callitriche pulchra Schotsman