Species profile

Accepted name
Rotala rotundifolia (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Koehne Species
Common names
Dwarf rotala, Dwarf rotala, Roundleaf Toothcup, Roundleaf Toothcup
Kingdom
Plantae
Division
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Lythraceae
Genus
Rotala
Habitat
terrestrial
IUCN Red List
Least concern
Distribution
North America; Hungary [I]; China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Japan (Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kachin, Sagaing); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Australia (Queensland); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Florida [I]); Alabama; Assam; Bangladesh
Basionym
Ammannia rotundifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
Published in
Koehne. (1880). In: B. Jahrb. 1: 175.

Media and observations

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/7122825 https://www.gbif.org/species/7122825
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data. · Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:32 AM