Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Ceratophyllanae > Order Ceratophyllales > Family Ceratophyllaceae > Genus Ceratophyllum

Ceratophyllum demersum L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ceratophyllum*	L.	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ceratophyllum demersum subsp. apiculatum*	(Cham. & Schltdl.) Rothm.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: llapó; volantí sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Finnish: tankeakarvalehti sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Majorcan: coa de mart sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Spanish, Castillian: cama de ranas sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/

Swedish: hornsärv

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Sp. Pl.: 992. 1753

Genbank

Citation

Uotila, P. 2010+: Ceratophyllaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. Ceratophyllum demersum L. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/15284fb1-7b28-47e3-a9df-30f7ab3d0d73

WoRMS (2025). Ceratophyllum demersum L. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416204