Rotala serpyllifolia (Roth) Bremek. ( Bremekamp 1954: 149 )

Prasanth, Arun, Sharma, Oshin A. & Sardesai, Milind M., 2021, New distributional record of Rotala juniperina (Lythraceae) for Asia with typification of three names, Phytotaxa 514 (2), pp. 167-172 : 171

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Rotala serpyllifolia (Roth) Bremek. ( Bremekamp 1954: 149) View in CoL .

= Micranthus serpyllifolius Roth (1821: 282) .

Lectotype (designated by Turner 2021):— Indian Orientalis, s. d., Heyne s. n. ( L [ L.0614160!]); Epitype (designated here):— INDIA. Maharashtra, Nashik District , Trimbakeshwar , 29 December 2020, Arun Prasanth APR025 ( CAL, isoepitypes MH, AHMA, SPPU).

Typification note: — Roth (1821) described the name Micranthus serpyllifolius based on Benjamin Heyne’s collection from Indian Orientalis. Recently, Turner (2021) designated a specimen at L (L.0614160) as the lectotype for the name M. serpyllifolius . The lectotype consists of a single ambiguous specimen mounted at the centre, lacking underwater and aerial leaves and with non-diagnostic flowers, making it difficult to study the important diagnostic characters of the specimen. To overcome the ambiguity of the lectotype, here we designate specimen APR025 (CAL) as an epitype according to Art. 9.9 of ICN ( Turland et al. 2018). R. serpyllifolia is one of the widely accepted species of Rotala that grow in running water ( Cook 1979, Joseph & Sivarajan 1989).

References

Bremekamp, C. E. B. (1954) The identity of Micranthus serpyllifolius Roth. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 3 (1): 148 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1438 - 8677.1954. tb 00293. x

Cook, C. D. K. (1979) A revision of the genus Rotala (Lythraceae). Boissiera 29: 1 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1219622

Joseph, K. T. & Sivarajan, V. V. (1989) Rotala L. (Lythraceae) in peninsular India. Proceedings of Indian Academy of Sciences (Plant Science) 99 (3): 179 - 197.

Roth, A. W. (1821) Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis: Ex collection doct. Benj. Heunii: cum descriptionibus et observationibus. Halberstadii: Sumptibus H. Vogleri. pp. 282. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10723

Turland, N. J., Wiersema, J. H., Barrie, F. R., Greuter, W., Hawksworth, D. L., Herendeen, P. S., Knapp, S., Kusber, W. - H., Li, D. - Z., Marhold, K., May, T. W., Mcneill, J., Monro, A. M., Prado, J., Price, M. J. & Smith, G. F. (Eds.) (2018) International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017. Regnum Vegetabile 159. Koeltz Botanical Books, Glashutten. https: // doi. org / 10.12705 / Code. 2018

Turner, I. M. (2021) Heyne, Roth, Roemer and Schultes, and the plant names published in Novae plantarum species praesertim Indiae orientalis. Taxon 70 (2): 365 - 428. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / tax. 12449

Abbreviations

L	Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch
CAL	Botanical Survey of India
MH	Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel
AHMA	Agharkar Research Institute, Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science