Lythraceae
Rotala

Rotala gossweileri Koehne

First published in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 97: 48 (1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1994). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Lythraceae: 1-62.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boutique, R. (1967). Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi, Lythraceae: 1-27. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M., Demissew, S. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(1): 1-532. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1994). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Lythraceae: 1-62.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Fernandes & Diniz in Garcia de Orta 6: 95 (1958).
  • A. Fernandes in Consp. Fl. Angol. 4: 172 (1970)
  • A. Fernandes in Flora Zambesiaca 4: 317 (1978).
  • A. Raynal in Adansonia, N.S. 7: 541 (1967).
  • C.D.K. Cook in Boissiera 29: 106, fig. 23 F–I (1979).
  • Exell in Journal of Botany 67, Suppl. Polypet: 186 (1929).
  • Koehne in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 42, Beibl. 97: 48 (1908).
  • Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 2: 484 (1983).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1977 Llufulina [8343] Zambia K000310107 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1976 Gossweiler, J. [1145] Angola K000310101 Type Yes
Lind, E. [359] Uganda K004761625 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10889] Tanzania K004761635 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8963] Zambia K001573871 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8385] Zambia K001573864 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9823] Zambia K001573867 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8863] Zambia K001581370 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E1854] Uganda K004761626 Yes
Norman, E.M. [150] Uganda K004761628 Yes
Letouzey, R. [5525] Cameroon K004761529 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10537] Tanzania K004761633 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [15268] Zambia K004761713 Yes
Stolz, A. [1347] Tanzania K004761634 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5887] Tanzania K000468538 No
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [4639] Uganda K004761623 Yes
[Chella-Harish] [30] Zambia K004761627 Yes
Tweedie [3426] Kenya K004761632 Yes
Arnstein Lye, K. [5917] Uganda K004761630 Yes
Sanane, M. [132] Zambia K004761712 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E3880] Uganda K004761629 Yes
Bogdan, A. [AB4296] Kenya K004761631 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3578] Zambia K004761714 Yes
Letouzey, R. [9632] Cameroon K004761528 Yes
Friis, I.; Aweke, G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2066] Ethiopia K004761565 Yes
Symoens [10429] Zambia K004761711 Yes
Dümmer, R. [1257] Uganda K004761624 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10889] Tanzania Rotala urundiensis K:SPC-10570.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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