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Rotala rotundifolia - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Mandian Waterfall, Jinghong City, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2007 © Ulrich Prechsl

Rotala rotundifolia - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Mandian Waterfall, Jinghong City, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2007 © Ulrich Prechsl

Rotala rotundifolia - Twig - Click to enlarge!

Twig; Mandian Waterfall, Jinghong City, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2007 © Ulrich Prechsl

Rotala rotundifolia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Mandian Waterfall, Jinghong City, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2007 © Ulrich Prechsl

Rotala rotundifolia - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Mandian Waterfall, Jinghong City, Yunnan, P.R. China; 10/2007 © Ulrich Prechsl

Dataset

Identifier: 2392
Date of entry: 20.03.2015
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Roundleaf toothcup

German: Rundblättrige Rotala

Mandarin: 紫草科 (zi cao ke)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2713)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)

      Order: Myrtales (80)

        Family: Lythraceae (12)(family description)

          Genus: Rotala (1)

            Epithet: rotundifolia (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Koehne (7)

rotundifolia => referring to the rounded leaves

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink

External links

Check for Rotala rotundifolia at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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