Rotala densiflora (Roth) Koehne, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1(2): 164 164 1880. (syn. Ammannia densiflora Roth [Unplaced] (Unresolved); Rotala densiflora subsp. uliginosa (Roth) Koehne; Sellowia uliginosa Roth);
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ro-TAY-luh — from rotalis (wheeled, wheel-like), referring to the whorled leaves … Dave’s Botanary den-see-FLOR-uh — densely flowered … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: densely flowered rotala • Marathi: जलमुखी jalamukhi . Native to: e Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia, Australia .
Rotala floribunda is endemic to Mahabaleshwar Hills of Pune and is a somewhat large, branched herb with hetrostyly and without calyx appendages. Here we can make out rhe calx appendages (of Rotala densiflora)from the photograph itself.
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KAS Week:: (Unknown herb 04/10/2012 – NJ): … species of Rotala (family Lythraceae). Rotala densiflora It looks like something related to R. densiflora. Rotala floribunda _Kas_Sept 09_SSN : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3). …, not certain whether this plant is indeed R. floribunda as you have put.
Referring Shrikant ji’s FOS pg 176, the illustration looks different.
Comments from friends welcome for validation of the posted plant’s ID. This looks like Rotala densiflora. THE PLANT HAS MUCH RESEMBLENCE TO Rotala floribunda.. but to be checked for its bifid stigma…
..Anyhow.. if its R.floribunda… present collection may be its extended distribution as it was confined to Mahableshwar hills, and above1500 msl… thanx for ur reply and add. info. Characters are needed. This species is not Rotala floribunda but R. densiflora.
Rotala floribunda is endemic to Mahabaleshwar Hills of Pune and is a somewhat large, branched herb with hetrostyly and without calyx appendages. Here we can make out rhe calx appendages from the photograph itself.
The herb looks similar to Ammannia plants.
ID please Date/Time : August 26, 2010 at 11.30am Location Place : Tableland, Panchagani Altitude : about 1323 m (above mean sea level) GPS : around 17°55’19.30″N, 73°48’17.87″E Habitat : grassland Type : moist ground Plant Habit : small herb Height : about 15 -20 cm Length : – not a climber – Leaves Type : simple with entire margin, oppositely arranged Shape : linear lanceloate Size : about 15 – 30 mm x 3 – 5 mm Inflorescence Type : perhaps solitary, in axils … mostly in axils of leaves at the top. Size : 4 – 5 mm Flowers Size : 4 – 5 mm Colour : rose pink Calyx : do not know Bracts : – no bracts – Looks like Ammannia to me too , but what ever be its name it will be new to me … saw similar looking plant Rotola acquatica as Ided by Dr. Almeida near a river at Sawantwadi, Mah. posting the same separately. Rotula aquatica Lour. is from Boraginaceae and it is a hardy shrubby plant in the stream beds–common in SGNP. 1. Leaves 3-nately whorled……R. occultiflora
1. Leaves opposite………………R. densiflora Many thanks … the leaves look opposite for sure, it is difficult for me to make out whether it is 3-nately whorled. looks like allied to R. densiflora. Provide all characters. Flowers and habit look like Rotala densiflora Requesting ID confirmation of this shrub – Devgad, Maharashtra – Nov 2012 :: 09APR2014 :: ARK-06 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2).
Requesting to please ID this shrub captured in a dried up paddy field near Devgad, Konkan, Maharashtra in November 2012.
Is it Rotala rosea? efi page on Rotala rosea it is a herb I think….what about Ammania?… Attaching a cropped pic for arriving at the correct ID… Due to the presence of large petal that exceeding the calyx lobes, stem clasping leaf bases I suspect the specimen is of Rotala densiflora. Please check whether the style is present and capsule is enclosed within the calyx tube, then you can confirm the identity as R. densiflora. ![]() ![]() Kas Week :: DV :: 28 SEP 08 – 1202 :: Rotala densiflora: Kas plateau … about 4000 ft asl … one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India 28 SEP 08
Rotala densiflora (Roth) Koehne … (family: Lythraceae) ro-TAY-luh — from rotalis (wheeled, wheel-like), referring to the whorled leaves … Dave’s Botanary
den-see-FLOR-uh — densely flowered … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: densely flowered rotala • Marathi: जलमुखी jalamukhi Native to: e Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia, Australia References: eFlora • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar Id this small plant with red flowers : Attachments (2). 9 posts by 4 authors.
Please id this small plant with tiny red flower found in sandy area Mumbra, Maharashtra This is a species of Rotala possibly R.rosea. Appears to be same as in the efi thread: Rotala sp for ID-200811-PKA1: A New Species of Rotala L. (Lythraceae) from Kerala by K. Subrahmanya Prasad and K. Raveendran (Keys of 25 species found in India of which 15 are endemic to Paninsular India) I am marking the mail to …- may be he can help us in the matter.
I think it is Rotala densiflora It is very hard to identify Rotala sp. from photographs. For correct identification floral characters are needed. Rotala densiflora (Roth) Koehne SN June 36 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (3). Satara, Oct 2014 :: Requesting ID validation – Small plant :: ARKNOV-29 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Requesting to please validate ID of this small plant captured near Satara, Maharashtra in October 2014.
Is this Rotala densiflora?
This looks similar to the plant posed by me earlier, although from a different area It seems to be Ammannia baccifera L. Attaching a cropped version, sorry for not attaching it earlier… Attachments (1) It is Rotala densiflora (Roth) Koehne only The photograph attached is that seems to be Rotala rosea or R. densiflora. Please observe the following characters for confirmation. If it is R. rosea the leaf bases narrow, cuneate, petals minute, capsule well exceeding the calyx tube, style minute. If R. densiflora leaf bases cordate or obtuse, petals bigger and showy exceeding the calyx lobes, capsule up to the level or slightly above the tube, style prominent. I also think closer to images at Rotala densiflora (Roth) Koehne rather than those at Rotala rosea (Poiret) C. D. K. Cook ex H. Hara
Kas week:: PKA44:- Rotala sp. ??: Appears closer to images at Rotala densiflora (Roth) Koehne Seen in a wet channel from leaking water from a small water hole.
On 14/11/09 in Shamirpet in Rangareddi district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Yes it is also Rotala densiflora (Roth) Koehne Sorry, on further examination, it is closer to Rotala densiflora (Roth) Koehne only. Id required for aquatic taxa : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Identification required. At Horsley Hills, Andhra Pradesh
Welcome … Any Lythraceae member like Rotala species ?
It is…. Rotala fimbriata of Lythraceae Thank you … for identifying. I got confirmation from BSI CNH also. Thank you … for your concern. Finally its confirmed that its Rotala fimbriata. Does not match with images of Rotala fimbriata as identified earlier.
Should be some other species of Rotala.
Rotala densiflora
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