Rotala

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: R. anamika – R. andamanensis – R. belgaumensis – R. capensis – R. cheruchakkiensis – R. cookii – R. cordata – R. cordipetala – R. densiflora – R. dhaneshiana – R. diandra – R. dinteri – R. elatinoides – R. filiformis – R. fimbriata – R. floribunda – R. fluitans – R. fontinalis – R. fysonii – R. gerardii – R. gossweileri – R. halophila – R. hexandra – R. hippuris – R. hutchinsoniana – R. illecebroides – R. indica – R. juniperina – R. kasaragodensis – R. letouzeyana – R. longistyla – R. lucalensis – R. macrandra – R. malabarica – R. malampuzhensis – R. meenkulamensis – R. mexicana – R. milne-redheadii – R. myriophylloides – R. nashii – R. nummularia – R. occultiflora – R. protracta – R. pseudojuniperina – R. pterocalyx – R. ramosior – R. repens – R. ritchiei – R. rosea – R. rotundifolia – R. rubra – R. sahyadrica – R. saxatilis – R. serpiculoides – R. serpyllifolia – R. simpliciuscula – R. smithii – R. stagnina – R. stipulata – R. stuhlmannii – R. subrotunda – R. taiwaniana – R. tenella – R. tenuis – R. thymoides – R. tripartita – R. tulunadensis – R. vasudevanii – R. verdcourtii – R. verticillaris – R. wallichii – R. welwitschii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Rotala in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 22. Reference page.

Name

Rotala L., Mant. Pl. 2: 143. (1771)

Type species: Rotala verticillaris L., Mant. Pl. 2: 175 (1771)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Micranthus Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 282 (1821), nom. illeg.
- Mirkooa Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 1: t. 217 (1839)
- Nimmoia Wight in Madras J. Lit. Sci. 7: 311 (1837)
- Ortegioides Sol. ex DC. in Prodr. 3: 76 (1828)
- Quartinia Endl. in Gen. Pl., Suppl. 2: 94 (1842), nom. illeg.
- Rhyacophila Hochst. in Flora 24: 659 (1841)
- Sellowia Roth in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 5: xxxi (1819)
- Suffrenia Bellardi in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Turin) 7: 445 (1803)
- Tritheca Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 614 (1856)
- Winterlia Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 519 (1824), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropics & Subtropics
- - Afghanistan, Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Georgia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rhode I., Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Introduced into:
  - Greece, Italy, Portugal

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum Altera. Generum Editionis VI et Specierum Editionis II. Holmiae [Stockholm]. pp. [6] + 143–587, Appendix. BHL Reference page. : 143

Additional references

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Rotala in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug. 19. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Rotala. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Aug. 2023.

Vernacular names

suomi: Rotalat

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