Rotala indica
TaxID: 162024
Basic Information
Rotala indica
Indian Toothcup, Indian rotala
Rotala indica is a species of flowering plant in the loosestrife family known by the common name Indian toothcup. It is native to Southeast Asia. This aquatic plant is best known as a popular aquarium plant and as a weed of rice fields. It is known as an introduced species and a weed in rice-growing regions in Congo, Italy, and Portugal, and California and Louisiana in the United States. The stems of the plant grow up to 30 or 40 cm long. Leaves are decussate, arranged oppositely in perpendicular pairs along the stems. The leaves are oval with thick, whitish, cartilaginous margins and measure up to 2 cm long. Flowers occur in leaf axils singly or in short, spikelike inflorescences. Each has four triangular sepals and four tiny pink petals.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Streptophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Lythraceae
Rotala
indica
nan
Species
nan
k__Eukaryota;p__Streptophyta;c__Magnoliopsida;o__Myrtales;f__Lythraceae;g__Rotala;s__Rotala indica
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Weeds
Photos (5 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (0 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
No host plants available.
Quarantine Status (1 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Timor-Leste | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (22 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Present | — |
| China | Present | — |
| Hong Kong, China | Present | — |
| Indonesia | Present | — |
| India | Present | — |
| Italy | Present | — |
| Japan | Present | — |
| Republic of Korea | Present | — |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | Present | — |
| Sri Lanka | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
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