Lythraceae
Rotala

Rotala filiformis (Bellardi) Hiern

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 468 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mali, Nigeria to Eritrea and S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a semiaquatic annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Italy

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. 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.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1994). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Lythraceae: 1-62.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • C.D.K. Cook in Boissiera 29: 121, fig. 26 A–E (1979).
  • DA Webb in Fl. Europaea 2: 303 (1968).
  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 468 (1871).
  • Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1: 372 (1898), pro parte.
  • Koehne in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 1: 167 (1881).
  • Koehne in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 216: 37 (1903).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8859] Zambia K001573866 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K. [5774] Tanzania K000190889 No
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5687] Tanzania K000468737 No
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8817] Zambia K001581401 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [8683] Zambia K001573872 Yes
Tweedie [3426] Kenya K:SPC-29897.000 No
Milne - Redhead, E. [4414] Zambia K000310111 Holotype No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10815] Tanzania Rotala congolensis K:SPC-12254.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10835] Tanzania Rotala heterophylla K:SPC-10566.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10848] Tanzania Rotala heterophylla K:SPC-08605.000 No
Greenway, P.J. [8031] Zimbabwe Rotala heteropetala K:SPC-03241.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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

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

  • 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

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/