Rotala indica

Rotala indica

Rotala indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Myrtales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Lythraceae
Genus: Rotala
Species: Rotala indica
Varieties: R. i. var. indica – R. i. var. minima

Name

Rotala indica (Willd.) Koehne

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ameletia indica (Willd.) DC. in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 3(2): 82 (1825)
  • Ammannia indica (Willd.) Druce in Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4: 603 (1916 publ. 1917), nom. illeg.
  • Ammannia peploides Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 444 (1824)
  • Peplis indica Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 244 (1799)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Asia-temperate Regional: Central Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan Regional: Indian subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya Regional: China China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto Continental:Asia-tropical Regional: Central Asia Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam Introduced into: California, Congo, Italy, Louisiana, Portugal References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Koehne, 1880. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig 1:172.

Additional references

• Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rotala indica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Rotala indica. Published online. Accessed: August 23 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Rotala indica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 August 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Rotala indica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 August 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rotala indica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: January 24, 2016.

Vernacular names

English: Indian toothcup

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