Rotala L.

First published in Mant. Pl. 2: 143 (1771)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics to N. America.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Guyana

Native to:

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 Republic, 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, Ghana, 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

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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PAFTOL

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Koehne in Engl. Pflanzenr. Lythrac. 24 (1903).
  • —F.T.A. 2: 466

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Mant. Pl. Alt.: 175 (1771).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.D.K. Cook in Boissiera 29: 1–156 (1979)
  • Mant. Pl. Alt: 143, 175 (1771)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 17, 2018 Perrotet [359] India K001611414 Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Mueller, F.J.H.von [s.n.] Australia K000729609 Type Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [K33] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004761536 Yes
Luke, Q.; Badua, A.; Hastings, Z.; Miller, S. [13590] Equatorial Guinea K004761532 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [677] Zambia K004761763 Yes
Harris, T.; Murray-Hudson, F. [734] Angola K004761765 Yes
Pawek, J. [11296] Malawi K004761761 Yes
Tack, W.W. [E.A.H. 10445] Kenya K:SPC-27222.000 No
Symoens [10745] Zambia K004761762 Yes
de Nevers, G. [14553] Guinea K001970021 No
Pawek, J. [7284] Malawi K004761760 Yes
Lekhak, M.M. [444] India K000993451 No
Keay, R.W.J. [K34] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004761534 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Parnell, J. [90/699] K004761341 Yes
Mueller, F.J.H.von [s.n.] Australia K000729608 Unknown Type Material Yes
Harris, T.; Murray-Hudson, F. [832] Angola K000569243 Yes
Eyles, F. [1046] Zimbabwe K004761764 Yes
s.coll. [4375] Cameroon K004761533 Yes
Lekhak, M.M. [501] India K000993452 No
Andrews, F.W. [1084] South Sudan K004761568 Yes
s.coll. [SPG-399] K004761342 Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 9059] Burma K001132154 Unknown Type Material Yes
Richards [s.n.] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004761535 Yes
Okafor [36868] Nigeria K:SPC-32816.000 No
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 9059] Burma K001132153 Unknown Type Material Yes
Verreaux, J. [s.n.] South Africa Micranthus K002206916 Yes
Salter, T.M. [5110] South Africa Micranthus K002206915 Yes
Shode, J. [A2287] South Africa Micranthus K002206919 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Micranthus K002206913 Yes
s.coll. [9126] South Africa Micranthus K002206918 Yes
Neattey, M. [6090] Micranthus K002206920 Yes
Breda, V. [908] South Africa Micranthus K002206921 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [15238] South Africa Micranthus K002206922 Yes
Bolus, H. [5497] Micranthus K002206917 Yes
Kitching, L. [s.n.] South Africa Micranthus K002206914 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0