Abstract
Rotala juniperina, so far known only from East Africa, is reported here for the first time from peninsular India. The present paper encompasses a note on its taxonomy and distribution along with the designation of a lectotype for R. rotundifolia and epitypes for R. serpyllifolia and R. simpliciuscula.
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<p>Graham, A.S. & Gandhi, K.N. (2013) Nomenclatural changes resulting from the transfer of <em>Nesaea</em> and <em>Hionanthera</em> to <em>Ammannia </em>(Lythraceae). <em>Harvard papers in botany </em>18 (1): 71–90. https://doi.org/10.3100/025.018.0101</p>
<p>Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2021) <em>Flora of Malawi</em>. Available from: https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141430 (assessed 4 January 2021)</p>
<p>Joseph, K.T. & Sivarajan, V.V. (1989) <em>Rotala </em>L. (Lythraceae) in peninsular India. <em>Proceedings of Indian Academy of Sciences (Plant Science)</em> 99 (3): 179–197.</p>
<p>Koehne, B.A. (1880) Lythraceae, <em>In:</em> Engler, A. (Ed.) <em>Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte and Pflanzengeographie</em> 1 (2): 159–175. [Leipzig]</p>
<p>Kurz, W.S. (1871) On some new or imperfectly known Indian Plants. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2</em> 40 (1): 54.</p>
<p>Lemiya, K.M. (2017) <em>Comparitive Morphology, Anatomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Ammannia L., Rotala L. and Neseae Kunth (Lythraceae) in south India</em>. PhD thesis submitted to University of Calicut, Kerala, India. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10603/213807 (accessed 24 December 2020)</p>
<p>Lekhak, M. & Yadav, S.R. (2017) <em>Rotala pseudojuniperina sp. nov.</em> (Lythraceae) from India. <em>Nordic Journal of Botany</em> 35: 432–435. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.01518</p>
<p>Linnaeus, C. (1753) Lythraceae: <em>Ammannia</em>. <em>Species Plantarum </em>vol. 1, Impensis Laurentii Salvii. 119.</p>
<p>Linnaeus, C. (1771) <em>Mantissa Plantarum Altera</em>, vol. 2. Generum editionis VI & specierum editionis II. Holmiae. pp. 143. </p>
<p>Roth, A.W. (1821) <em>Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis</em>: Ex collection doct. Benj. Heunii: cum descriptionibus et observationibus. Halberstadii: Sumptibus H. Vogleri. pp. 282. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10723</p>
<p>Roxburgh, W. (1820) <em>Flora Indica; or Description of Indian Plants</em>, vol. 1. Mission Press, ed. Carey & Wall., Serampore, p. 446.</p>
<p>Stafleu, F.A. & Cowan, R.S. (1983) <em>Taxonomic Literature (P–Sak).</em> 2 ed., vol. 4, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, p. 954.</p>
<p>Thiers, B. (continuously updated) <em>Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium</em>. http://sciweb.nybg.org/ science2/IndexHerbariorum.asp [consulted 04 January 2021]</p>
<p>Thomas Mathew, P. (1990) <em>Rotala</em> <em>rubra</em> (Buch.-Ham. Ex D. Don) Haraa- New record for India. <em>Higher Plants of Indian Subcontinent, </em>vol. 1<em>. Additional series of Indian Journal of Forestry,</em> 1–2.</p>
<p>Thomas, R.P., Paul, J., Rameshan, M., Nisha, P. & Antony, I. (2019) <em>Rotala baileyana sp. nov.</em> (Lythraceae) from Kerala, India. <em>International Journal of Advance Research</em> 7 (4): 669–673. https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/8869</p>
<p>Turland, N.J., Wiersema, J.H., Barrie, F.R., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D.L., Herendeen, P.S., Knapp, S., Kusber, W.-H., Li, D.-Z., Marhold, K., May, T.W., Mcneill, J., Monro, A.M., Prado, J., Price, M.J. & Smith, G.F. (Eds.) (2018) <em>International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China</em>, July 2017. <em>Regnum Vegetabile </em>159. Koeltz Botanical Books, Glashütten. https://doi.org/10.12705/Code.2018</p>
<p>Turner, I.M. (2021) Heyne, Roth, Roemer and Schultes, and the plant names published in <em>Novae plantarum species praesertim Indiae orientalis. Taxon </em>70 (2): 365–428. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12449</p>