Rotala ramosior

Taxonavigation

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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 ramosior

Name

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Rotala ramosior (L.) Koehne, 1877

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Ammannia ramosior L. in Sp. Pl.: 120 (1753)
    • Rotala ramosior var. typica Fernald & Griscom in Rhodora 37: 169 (1935), not validly publ.
  • Heterotypic
    • Ammannia catholica Hook. & Arn. ex Seem. in Bot. Voy. Herald: 284 (1856), not validly publ.
    • Ammannia dentifera A.Gray in Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 55 (1853)
    • Ammannia humilis Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 99 (1803)
    • Ammannia linearifolia Raf. in Autik. Bot.: 39 (1840)
    • Ammannia monoflora Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 64 (1837)
    • Ammannia multicaulis Raf. in Autik. Bot.: 39 (1840)
    • Ammannia occidentalis (Spreng.) DC. in Prodr. 3: 78 (1828)
    • Ammannia occidentalis var. pygmaea Chapm. in Fl. South. U.S.: 134 (1860)
    • Ammannia ramosa Hill in Veg. Syst., ed. 11: 14 (1767)
    • Boykiana humilis (Michx.) Raf. in Autik. Bot. 1: 9 (1840)
    • Peplis occidentalis Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 135 (1825)
    • Rotala dentifera (A.Gray) Koehne in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 161 (1880)
    • Rotala ramosior var. dentifera (A.Gray) Lundell in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69: 395 (1942)
    • Rotala ramosior var. interior Fernald & Griscom in Rhodora 37: 169 (1935)
    • Boykinia humilis Raf. ex S.Watson in Bibl. Index N. Amer. Bot.: 360 (1878)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Northern America
    • Regional: Canada
      • British Columbia, Ontario
    • Regional: USA
      • Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
  • Continental:Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Paraguay
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Colombia
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
    • Introduced into:
      • Greece, Italy, Philippines, Taiwan

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

References

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Primary references

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  • Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), 1877. Fl. Bras. 13(2): 194

Additional references

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  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2021). Flora of North America North of Mexico 10: 1-456. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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Vernacular names

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English: lowland rotala
中文: 美洲水豬母乳, 美洲节节菜
 
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