Damasonium alisma

Starfruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Alismatales
Family:Alismataceae
Genus:Damasonium
Species: D. alisma
Binomial name
Damasonium alisma

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.[1][2]

Damasonium alisma is native to the British Isles and was at one time commonly found in south and central England.[3] Numbers have declined as a result of the loss of pond habitats.[4] It was not recorded in the wild in 2006 and is classified as endangered within the United Kingdom.[5] 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).

References

  1. ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  2. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Mestolaccia stellata, Starfruit Damasonium alisma
  3. ↑ "Species: Damasonium alisma (Starfruit)", Interactive Flora of NW Europe, retrieved 11 July 2010
  4. ↑ Perring, Franklyn (23–30 Dec 1976), "Records For Leisure And Profit", New Scientist, Reed Business Information, 72 (1032), p. 725, retrieved 11 July 2010
  5. ↑ "Damasonium alisma", Millennium Seed Bank Project, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, archived from the original on 7 July 2010, retrieved 11 July 2010

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