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