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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Rotala

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Myrtales > Family: Lythraceae

About 40 species, found in warmer regions; 11 species are native to southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Rotala capensis

 

Rotala dinteri

 

Rotala filiformis

 

Rotala fluitans

 

Rotala gossweileri

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Rotala juniperina

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Rotala longistyla

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Rotala mexicana

 

Rotala myriophylloides

Rotala serpiculoides

Recorded from Zimbabwe.

 

Rotala tenella