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Rotala mexicana

Diminutive Rotala
Also known as: Ammannia illecebrioides Arn. +17 more
  • Ammannia illecebrioides Arn.
  • Ammannia mexicana (Cham. & Schltdl.) Baill.
  • Ammannia pygmaea Kurz
  • Ammannia rotala Benth.
  • Ammannia rotala F.Muell.
  • Hoshiarpuria minutiflora Hajra, P.Daniel & Philcox
  • Hypobrichia spruceana Benth. ex Benth. & Hook.fil.
  • Hypobrichia spruceana var. tenuifolia Griseb.
  • Rotala apetala F.Muell.
  • Rotala diglossa Koehne
  • Rotala diglossandra Koehne
  • Rotala leptopetala var. littorea (Miq.) Koehne
  • Rotala littorea (Miq.) Nakai
  • Rotala longibracteolata Domin
  • Rotala mexicana f. major Koehne
  • Rotala mexicana f. media Koehne
  • Rotala mexicana f. minima Koehne
  • Rotala mexicana subsp. hierniana Koehne
Botanical Data
  • Taxonomic Rank: Species
  • Botanical Family: Lythraceae
  • WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a annual.

Indigenous to Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, North America, and South America, Rotala mexicana (commonly known as Diminutive rotala) is an annual belonging to the Lythraceae family. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in seasonally dry tropical conditions.

Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Annual

Native Range

Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, AUSTRALASIA, NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Australia, Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, China, East Tropical Africa, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, Mexico, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern South America, Papuasia, South Tropical Africa, Southern Africa, Southern South America, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China North-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Korea, Malawi, Mali, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Queensland, Senegal, Sudan, Surinam, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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