''Rolandra'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants in the tribe

Vernonieae Vernonieae is a tribe of about 1300 species of plants in the aster family. They are mostly found in the tropics and warmer temperate areas, both in the Americas and the Old World. They are mostly herbaceous plants or shrubs, although there is a ...

within the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. ;Species The only species is ''Rolandra fruticosa'', native to Central and

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

plus the

West Indies The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...

. It is also reportedly naturalized in

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

and

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
/ref>The Plant List search for ''Rolandra''
/ref> ;Formerly included see '' Ichthyothere Trichospira'' * ''Rolandra reptans'' Willd. ex Less. - '' Trichospira verticillata'' (L.) S.F.Blake * ''Rolandra septans'' Willd. ex Less. - '' Trichospira verticillata'' (L.) S.F.Blake * ''Rolandra terminalis'' Spreng. - '' Ichthyothere terminalis'' (Spreng.) S.F.Blake

References

Vernonieae Monotypic Asteraceae genera {{Asteraceae-stub