Rotala indica
Also known as: Ameletia acutidens, Ameletia elongata, Ameletia indica, Ameletia polystachya, Ameletia uliginosa, Ammannia acutidens, Ammannia elongata, Ammannia indica, Ammannia nana, Ammannia peploides, Ammannia polystachya, Ammannia ramosior, Ammannia repens, Peplis indica, Rotala densiflora formosana, Rotala elatinomorpha, Rotala indica koreana, Rotala indica uliginosa, Rotala koreana, Rotala uliginosa
Species profile
- Accepted name
- Rotala indica (Willd.) Koehne Species
- Common names
- Indian rotala, Indian toothcup
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Rotala
- Habitat
- terrestrial
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern
- Distribution
- North America; Portugal [I]; Italy [I]; Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; Azerbaijan [I]; Iran; Afghanistan; China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea; Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Pakistan (Hazara, Pakistani Punjab); Nepal; Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Langkawi Isl., Kedah, Terengganu, Perak, Melaka); Sumatra; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok); USA [I] (California [I], Louisiana [I]); Afghanistan; Assam; Bangladesh
- Basionym
- Peplis indica Willd.
- Published in
- Koehne. (1880). In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 172.
Media and observations
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I level 1) (DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe)
Arable land and market gardens (I1 level 2) (DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe)
GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/3188674 https://www.gbif.org/species/3188674
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data.
· Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:30 AM