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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Koehne, B.A. (1880) Lythraceae, In: Engler, A. (Ed.) Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte and Pflanzengeographie 1 (2): 159–175. [Leipzig]
Kurz, W.S. (1871) On some new or imperfectly known Indian Plants. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Part 2 40 (1): 54.
Lemiya, K.M. (2017) Comparitive Morphology, Anatomy and Molecular Phylogeny of Ammannia L., Rotala L. and Neseae Kunth (Lythraceae) in south India. PhD thesis submitted to University of Calicut, Kerala, India. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10603/213807 (accessed 24 December 2020)
Lekhak, M. & Yadav, S.R. (2017) Rotala pseudojuniperina sp. nov. (Lythraceae) from India. Nordic Journal of Botany 35: 432–435. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.01518
Linnaeus, C. (1753) Lythraceae: Ammannia. Species Plantarum vol. 1, Impensis Laurentii Salvii. 119.
Linnaeus, C. (1771) Mantissa Plantarum Altera, vol. 2. Generum editionis VI & specierum editionis II. Holmiae. pp. 143.
Roth, A.W. (1821) Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis: Ex collection doct. Benj. Heunii: cum descriptionibus et observationibus. Halberstadii: Sumptibus H. Vogleri. pp. 282. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10723
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Stafleu, F.A. & Cowan, R.S. (1983) Taxonomic Literature (P–Sak). 2 ed., vol. 4, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, p. 954.
Thiers, B. (continuously updated) Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden’s Virtual Herbarium. http://sciweb.nybg.org/ science2/IndexHerbariorum.asp [consulted 04 January 2021]
Thomas Mathew, P. (1990) Rotala rubra (Buch.-Ham. Ex D. Don) Haraa- New record for India. Higher Plants of Indian Subcontinent, vol. 1. Additional series of Indian Journal of Forestry, 1–2.
Thomas, R.P., Paul, J., Rameshan, M., Nisha, P. & Antony, I. (2019) Rotala baileyana sp. nov. (Lythraceae) from Kerala, India. International Journal of Advance Research 7 (4): 669–673. https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/8869
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) International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017. Regnum Vegetabile 159. Koeltz Botanical Books, Glashütten. https://doi.org/10.12705/Code.2018
Turner, I.M. (2021) Heyne, Roth, Roemer and Schultes, and the plant names published in Novae plantarum species praesertim Indiae orientalis. Taxon 70 (2): 365–428. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12449