@Article{taiwania2013582104,
AUTHOR = {K. Subrahmanya Prasad and K. Raveendran},
TITLE = {A New Species of Rotala L. (Lythraceae) from Kerala, India},
JOURNAL = {Taiwania},
VOLUME = {58},
YEAR = {2013},
ISSUE = {2},
PAGES = {104-107},
URL = {https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/1298},
ABSTRACT = {A new aquatic species of the family Lythraceae (Rotala meenkulamensis) collected from the lateritic plateau at Meenkulam, Kerala, India is described and illustrated here. It is closely allied to R. rosea (Poiret) C. D. K. Cook, but differs in having quadrangular, winged stem, subulate bracteoles, calyx appendages 2–3 times the size of calyx lobes, absence of petals and papillose seeds with a distinct depression.},
DOI = {10.6165/tai.2013.58.104}
}