Rotala L.
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0402C-FE80-E229-FD06-FE63DEF8FB05 |
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Plazi |
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Rotala L. |
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3. Rotala L. View in CoL 1
Glabrous annuals with opposite, sessile leaves. Flowers minute, 4-merous, solitary in the leaf-axils, each subtended by 2 linear, whitish bracteoles. Hypanthium broadly campanulate, without visible veins; epicalyx absent; petals minute or absent. Capsule septicidal; walls with very fine horizontal striae (visible only with a microscope).
A mainly tropical genus, known in Europe only as a weed of rice-fields.
Leaves c. 10 mm, mostly longer than the intemodes, oblanceolate, with thickened, hyaline margin 1. indica Leaves 2-5 mm, much shorter than the internodes except near apex of stem, subcordate-ovate, without hyaline margin 2. filiformis
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