Rothia (plant)

Rothia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Tribe:	Crotalarieae
Genus:	Rothia; Pers. (1807), nom. cons.
Species
	See text
	The range of Rothia Rothia hirsuta; Rothia indica subsp. australis; Rothia indica subsp. indica;
Synonyms
	Dillwynia Roth (1806), nom. illeg.; Goetzea Rchb. (1828); Harpelema J.Jacq. (1844); Westonia Spreng. (1826), nom. illeg.; Xerocarpus Guill. & Perr. (1832);

Rothia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the tribe Crotalarieae of subfamily Faboideae, and comprises two species:

Rothia hirsuta (Guill. & Perr.) Baker – sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar
Rothia indica (L.) Druce – western and southern India, southeastern China, Laos and Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, and northern Australia
- subsp. australis A.E.Holland
- subsp. indica (L.) Druce