水马齿苋
Rotala mexicana Schltdl. & Cham.
水馬齒苋（Rotala mexicana）為隸屬松蘿科（Lythraceae）的水生植物，廣泛分佈於全球多個熱帶與亞熱帶地區，包括巴西、安哥拉、阿根廷、孟加拉、貝南、玻利維亞、喀麥隆、台灣等地。此種最早於1830年發表，學名由Schltdl. & Cham.命名。
Description
水馬齒苋是一種常見的水生植物，生長於淡水環境中，如池塘、溝渠與緩流河川。其植株通常呈簇生狀，葉片對生，葉形狹長，葉質柔軟。此種植物在水族與生態環境中具有一定的應用價值。
Other common names
水马齿苋輪生葉水豬母乳轮叶节节菜
Distribution
BR · Afrotropical · Australasian · Neotropical · Oriental (Indomalaya) · Pacific (Oceania) · TW · Meta · Global · Orinoquia · Angola · Argentina Northeast · Bangladesh · Benin · Bolivia · Brazil North · Brazil Southeast · Brazil West-Central · Burkina · Cameroon · Central African Repu · Chad · China North-Central · China Southeast · Colombia · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominican Republic · East Himalaya · Ecuador
Synonyms
Rotala diglossandraRotala petaloideaRotala pusillaRotala apetalaRotala verticillaris var. spruceanaRotala mexicana var. spruceanaRotala mexicana var. apetalaAmmannia littoreaAmmannia mexicanaAmmannia pygmaeaAmmannia rotalaHoshiarpuria minutifloraHypobrichia spruceanaHypobrichia spruceana var. tenuifoliaRotala mexicana var. spruceanaRotala mexicana subsp. hiernianaRotala mexicana subsp. pusillaRotala mexicana subsp. typicaRotala mexicana f. majorRotala mexicana f. mediaRotala mexicana f. minimaRotala mexicana var. chamissoanaRotala pygmaeaRotala diglossaRotala longibracteolataRotala roseaRotala littoreaRotala leptopetala var. littorea
