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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/rotala/",
  "id": {
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  "family": "Lythraceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/lythraceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Rotala anamika",
      "authorship": "Lemiya",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Rotala andamanensis",
      "authorship": "S.P.Mathew & Lakshmin.",
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      "slug": "rotala-andamanensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Rotala belgaumensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Rotala biglandulosa",
      "authorship": "Arun Pr. & Sardesai",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala capensis",
      "authorship": "(Harv.) A.Fern. & Diniz",
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      "slug": "rotala-capensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala cheruchakkiensis",
      "authorship": "Anto, Devikrishna, Pulickal, C.D.Varghese & I.Antony",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001343092",
      "slug": "rotala-cheruchakkiensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala cookii",
      "authorship": "K.T.Joseph & Sivar.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000403842",
      "slug": "rotala-cookii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala cordata",
      "authorship": "Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001280517",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala cordipetala",
      "authorship": "R.E.Fr.",
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      "slug": "rotala-cordipetala",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala densiflora",
      "authorship": "(Roth) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001076023",
      "slug": "rotala-densiflora",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala dhaneshiana",
      "authorship": "Sunil, Ratheesh & Sivad.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001341187",
      "slug": "rotala-dhaneshiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala diandra",
      "authorship": "(F.Muell.) F.Muell.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404291",
      "slug": "rotala-diandra",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala dinteri",
      "authorship": "Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001075942",
      "slug": "rotala-dinteri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala elatinoides",
      "authorship": "Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404287",
      "slug": "rotala-elatinoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala filiformis",
      "authorship": "(Bellardi) Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404273",
      "slug": "rotala-filiformis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala fimbriata",
      "authorship": "Wight",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404274",
      "slug": "rotala-fimbriata",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala floribunda",
      "authorship": "(Wight) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404276",
      "slug": "rotala-floribunda",
      "photographs_found": 15,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/rotala-floribunda/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala fluitans",
      "authorship": "Pohnert",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404277",
      "slug": "rotala-fluitans",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala fontinalis",
      "authorship": "Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404283",
      "slug": "rotala-fontinalis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala fysonii",
      "authorship": "Blatt. & Hallb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404279",
      "slug": "rotala-fysonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala gerardii",
      "authorship": "Boutique",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404272",
      "slug": "rotala-gerardii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala gossweileri",
      "authorship": "Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404280",
      "slug": "rotala-gossweileri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala halophila",
      "authorship": "H.Perrier",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001075902",
      "slug": "rotala-halophila",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala hexandra",
      "authorship": "Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001280510",
      "slug": "rotala-hexandra",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala hippuris",
      "authorship": "Makino",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000405902",
      "slug": "rotala-hippuris",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala hutchinsoniana",
      "authorship": "A.Fern.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001076043",
      "slug": "rotala-hutchinsoniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala illecebroides",
      "authorship": "(Arn.) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000405904",
      "slug": "rotala-illecebroides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala indica",
      "authorship": "(Willd.) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000405905",
      "slug": "rotala-indica",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/rotala-indica/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala juniperina",
      "authorship": "A.Fern.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001076044",
      "slug": "rotala-juniperina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala kasaragodensis",
      "authorship": "K.S.Prasad & Raveendran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337324",
      "slug": "rotala-kasaragodensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala khaleeliana",
      "authorship": "Sunil, Ratheesh & Nandakumar",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000035977",
      "slug": "rotala-khaleeliana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala letouzeyana",
      "authorship": "Bamps",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001283415",
      "slug": "rotala-letouzeyana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala longistyla",
      "authorship": "Gibbs",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404278",
      "slug": "rotala-longistyla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala lucalensis",
      "authorship": "A.Fern. & Diniz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404293",
      "slug": "rotala-lucalensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala macrandra",
      "authorship": "Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404306",
      "slug": "rotala-macrandra",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/rotala-macrandra/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala malabarica",
      "authorship": "Pradeep, K.T.Joseph & Sivar.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404307",
      "slug": "rotala-malabarica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala malampuzhensis",
      "authorship": "R.V.Nair ex C.D.K.Cook",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404309",
      "slug": "rotala-malampuzhensis",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/rotala-malampuzhensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala meenkulamensis",
      "authorship": "K.S.Prasad & Raveendran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001336116",
      "slug": "rotala-meenkulamensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala mexicana",
      "authorship": "Schltdl. & Cham.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404310",
      "slug": "rotala-mexicana",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/rotala-mexicana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala milne-redheadii",
      "authorship": "A.Fern. & Diniz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404317",
      "slug": "rotala-milne-redheadii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala myriophylloides",
      "authorship": "Welw. ex Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404305",
      "slug": "rotala-myriophylloides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala nashii",
      "authorship": "A.Fern.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001076042",
      "slug": "rotala-nashii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala nummularia",
      "authorship": "Welw. ex Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404313",
      "slug": "rotala-nummularia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala occultiflora",
      "authorship": "Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404315",
      "slug": "rotala-occultiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala protracta",
      "authorship": "W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000034305",
      "slug": "rotala-protracta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala pseudojuniperina",
      "authorship": "Lekhak & S.R.Yadav",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000058885",
      "slug": "rotala-pseudojuniperina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala pterocalyx",
      "authorship": "A.Raynal",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404297",
      "slug": "rotala-pterocalyx",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala ramosior",
      "authorship": "(L.) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404304",
      "slug": "rotala-ramosior",
      "photographs_found": 79,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/rotala-ramosior/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala repens",
      "authorship": "(Hochst.) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001316234",
      "slug": "rotala-repens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala ritchiei",
      "authorship": "Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404294",
      "slug": "rotala-ritchiei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala rosea",
      "authorship": "(Poir.) C.D.K.Cook",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001275407",
      "slug": "rotala-rosea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala rotundifolia",
      "authorship": "(Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001076077",
      "slug": "rotala-rotundifolia",
      "photographs_found": 82,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/rotala-rotundifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala rubra",
      "authorship": "(Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404235",
      "slug": "rotala-rubra",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala sahyadrica",
      "authorship": "S.P.Gaikwad, Sardesai & S.R.Yadav",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001340859",
      "slug": "rotala-sahyadrica",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala saxatilis",
      "authorship": "W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000034306",
      "slug": "rotala-saxatilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala serpiculoides",
      "authorship": "Welw. ex Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404236",
      "slug": "rotala-serpiculoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala serpyllifolia",
      "authorship": "(Roth) Bremek.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404238",
      "slug": "rotala-serpyllifolia",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/rotala-serpyllifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala simpliciuscula",
      "authorship": "(Kurz) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404239",
      "slug": "rotala-simpliciuscula",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala smithii",
      "authorship": "A.Fern. & Diniz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404240",
      "slug": "rotala-smithii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala stagnina",
      "authorship": "Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404242",
      "slug": "rotala-stagnina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala stipulata",
      "authorship": "Blatt. & Hallb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404234",
      "slug": "rotala-stipulata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala stuhlmannii",
      "authorship": "Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404244",
      "slug": "rotala-stuhlmannii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala subrotunda",
      "authorship": "(Wall. ex Kurz) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404245",
      "slug": "rotala-subrotunda",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala taiwaniana",
      "authorship": "Y.C.Liu & F.Y.Lu",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001280520",
      "slug": "rotala-taiwaniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala tenella",
      "authorship": "(Guill. & Perr.) Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404228",
      "slug": "rotala-tenella",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala tenuis",
      "authorship": "(Wight) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404243",
      "slug": "rotala-tenuis",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala thymoides",
      "authorship": "Exell",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404221",
      "slug": "rotala-thymoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala tripartita",
      "authorship": "Beesley",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404222",
      "slug": "rotala-tripartita",
      "photographs_found": 27,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/rotala-tripartita/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala tulunadensis",
      "authorship": "K.S.Prasad, P.Biju, Raveendran & K.G.Bhat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001332650",
      "slug": "rotala-tulunadensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala vasudevanii",
      "authorship": "K.T.Joseph & Sivar.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404224",
      "slug": "rotala-vasudevanii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala verdcourtii",
      "authorship": "A.Fern.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404225",
      "slug": "rotala-verdcourtii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala verticillaris",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404233",
      "slug": "rotala-verticillaris",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala wallichii",
      "authorship": "(Hook.f.) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001242204",
      "slug": "rotala-wallichii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Rotala welwitschii",
      "authorship": "Exell",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000404230",
      "slug": "rotala-welwitschii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "evidence_gate": {
    "rule": "at least 3 photographs licensed for commercial use",
    "rationale": "This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species below the gate is listed here rather than given a page of its own."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "World Flora Online Plant List",
      "note": "accepted names, authorities, classification",
      "license": "CC0",
      "url": "https://www.worldfloraonline.org/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-12"
    }
  ],
  "license": {
    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/rotala/"
  }
}