Rotala mexicana

Rotala mexicana

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 mexicana

Name

Rotala mexicana Schltdl. & Cham., 1830

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ammannia mexicana (Cham. & Schltdl.) Baill. in A.Grandidier, Hist. Phys. Madagascar: t. 363 (1895)
• Heterotypic
  • Ammannia littorea Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 261 (1864)
  • Ammannia pygmaea Kurz in J. Bot. 5: 376 (1867)
  • Ammannia rotala F.Muell. in Fragm. 3: 108 (1862)
  • Hoshiarpuria minutiflora Hajra, P.Daniel & Philcox in Kew Bull. 40: 607 (1985)
  • Hypobrichia spruceana Benth. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 1: 777 (1867)
  • Hypobrichia spruceana var. tenuifolia Griseb. in Cat. Pl. Cub.: 106 (1866)
  • Rotala apetala F.Muell. in Fragm. 3: 108 (1862)
  • Rotala diglossandra Koehne in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 17 (1897)
  • Rotala leptopetala var. littorea (Miq.) Koehne in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 162 (1880)
  • Rotala littorea (Miq.) Nakai in Saishu-to Kuan-to Shokubutsu Hokoku-sho [Fl. Quelpaert Isl.]: 359 (1914)
  • Rotala longibracteolata Domin in Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 441 (1928)
  • Rotala mexicana var. apetala (F.Muell.) Lourteig in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 5: 145 (1954)
  • Rotala mexicana var. chamissoana Koehne in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 216: 30 (1903)
  • Rotala mexicana subsp. hierniana Koehne in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 151 (1880)
  • Rotala mexicana f. major Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 195 (1877)
  • Rotala mexicana f. media Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 195 (1877)
  • Rotala mexicana subsp. pusilla (Tul.) Koehne in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 216: 30 (1903)
  • Rotala mexicana var. spruceana (Benth.) Koehne in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(2): 195 (1877)
  • Rotala petaloidea Wight ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 474 (1841), not validly publ.
  • Rotala pusilla Tul. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 6: 128 (1856)
  • Rotala pygmaea (Kurz) Rajagopal & Ramayya in Kew Bull. 23: 465 (1969)
  • Rotala verticillaris var. spruceana (Benth.) Hiern in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 467 (1871)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropics & Subtropics Angola, Argentina Northeast, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Malawi, Mali, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Panamá, Paraguay, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schltdl. & Cham., 1830, Linnaea. Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 5: 67

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 mexicana 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 mexicana. Published online. Accessed: August 23 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Rotala mexicana. 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 mexicana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 August 2023.

Vernacular names

日本語: ミズマツバ

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