Lythraceae J.St.-Hil.
Rotala verticillaris L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (October 1771), Mantissa Plantarum Altera [2]: 175 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in India orientali."
Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xliv. [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 296 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Ammannia rotala F.Muell. ex Benth. nom. illeg.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 49 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 84 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von & Tate, R. (June 1890), List of Plants collected during Mr. Tietkens' Expedition into Central Australia, 1889. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 13(1): 96 [secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1928), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 996 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Rotala mexicana var. spruceana (Benth.) Koehne legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 49
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Rotala mexicana var. spruceana (Benth.) Koehne legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 84
Black, J.M. (1952), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 3: 600 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Rotala occultiflora var. leichhardtii Koehne legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von & Tate, R. (June 1890), List of Plants collected during Mr. Tietkens' Expedition into Central Australia, 1889. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 13(1): 96
Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 250 BHL [secondary reference]
Mitchell, A.S. (15 October 1976), A summary of the family Lythraceae in the Northern Territory (with additional comments on Australian material). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1(1): 56 [secondary reference]
Beesley, P.L. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1990), Rotala. Flora of Australia 18: 97 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "This name appears to have been misapplied to Australian material by J.D.Hooker, FL. Tasman. xliv (1859). It is probable that he was referring to R. mexicana Cham. & Schldl. See G.Bentham, Fl. Austral. 3: 295 (1867) under Ammania rotala F.Muell. ex Benth."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [doubtful taxonomic synonym]
doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Rotala mexicana Cham. & Schltdl. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [doubtful taxonomic synonym]
doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Rotala mexicana Cham. & Schltdl. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [doubtful taxonomic synonym]
doubtful taxonomic synonym of: Rotala mexicana Cham. & Schltdl. legitimate