- Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.
Bacopa Aubl.
[FTEA]
Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, entire or dentate, variously dissected or multisect in submerged species, sometimes punctate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers axillary, solitary or in racemes; pedicels with or without bracteoles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx unequally 5-lobed, outer lobes broadest, inner narrow
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla almost regular, with all lobes equal or the upper 2 connate; corolla tube short
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, didynamous, included
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stigma
- Stigma terminal, usually shortly 2-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule globose or ovoid, 2 or 4-celled, loculicidal or septicidal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous.
- Note
- It is surprising that the widespread Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell has not been recorded from the Flora area, but is to be expected there
- Morphology General Habit
- This is a creeping herb of moist and wet places with solitary, axillary white or pale blue flowers. Perennial or annual herbs, erect, diffuse or submerged aquatics, usually glabrous
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial herbs, usually glabrous, rarely glandular pubescent or villous
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, sessile to subsessile, palmately veined and with entire to dentate or crenate margin
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence terminal, racemose, leafy, bracteoles present below calyx or absent; flowers sessile to pedicellate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 5-lobed almost to the base, upper lobe largest, 2 lateral lobes usually smallest
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla subrotate, 2-lipped, tubular or campanulate, subequally 5-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 4, 2 long and 2 short, included, the lower pair usually larger than the upper; anthers with parallel contiguous thecae
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary glabrous, with straight filiform style; stigma usually 2-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule with loculicidal or rarely septicidal dehiscence
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous, coarsely reticulate, with longitudinal ridges.
- Distribution
- About 50-60 species, pantropical.
[FZ]
Scrophulariaceae, D. Philcox. Flora Zambesiaca 8:2. 1990
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herbs, erect, prostrate or decumbent, or floating, mostly glabrous.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves opposite, entire or variously dentate to crenate, or capillary-divided in aquatic species.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicellate or sessile, bracteate or ebracteate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 5-partite; sepals imbricate, posterior broadest, lateral usually very narrow.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla bilabiate, upper lip bilobed or emarginate, lower trilobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens four, didynamous, perfect, included.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style apically dilated, entire or bilobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary Ovules
- Ovules many.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule ovoid to globose, 2 or 4 loculicidal or septicidal.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds small, numerous.
Doubtfully present in:
Galápagos
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Alberta, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, Chile Central, Chile North, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maryland, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rodrigues, Réunion, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Greece, Lesser Sunda Is., Marquesas, Portugal, Spain
- Bacopa albida (Pennell) Standl.
- Bacopa angulata (Benth.) Loefgr. & Edwall
- Bacopa aquatica Aubl.
- Bacopa arenaria (J.A.Schmidt) Loefgr. & Edwall
- Bacopa australis V.C.Souza
- Bacopa axillaris (Benth.) Standl.
- Bacopa bacopoides (Benth.) Pulle
- Bacopa beccabunga (Griseb.) B.L.Rob.
- Bacopa bracteolata Standl.
- Bacopa braunii (Ernst) Pennell
- Bacopa callitrichoides (Kunth) Pennell
- Bacopa caroliniana (Walter) B.L.Rob.
- Bacopa cochlearia (Huber) L.B.Sm.
- Bacopa congesta Chodat & Hassl.
- Bacopa connata (Pennell) Pennell
- Bacopa crenata (P.Beauv.) Hepper
- Bacopa decumbens (Fernald) F.N.Williams
- Bacopa depressa (Benth.) Loefgr. & Edwall
- Bacopa dubia Chodat & Hassl.
- Bacopa egensis (Poepp.) Pennell
- Bacopa eisenii (Kellogg) Pennell
- Bacopa floribunda (R.Br.) Wettst.
- Bacopa gracilis (Benth.) Loefgr. & Edwall
- Bacopa gratioloides (Cham.) Chodat
- Bacopa hamiltoniana (Benth.) Wettst.
- Bacopa humifusa (Griseb.) B.L.Rob.
- Bacopa imbricata (Benth.) Pennell
- Bacopa innominata (M.Gómez) Alain
- Bacopa lacertosa Standl.
- Bacopa lanigera (Cham. & Schltdl.) Wettst.
- Bacopa laxiflora (Benth.) Edwall
- Bacopa lecomtei Bonati
- Bacopa lisowskiana Mielcarek
- Bacopa longipes (Pennell) Standl.
- Bacopa madagascariensis (Benth.) Pennell
- Bacopa micromonnieria (Griseb.) B.L.Rob.
- Bacopa minuta Borhidi & O.Muñiz
- Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.
- Bacopa monnierioides (Cham.) B.L.Rob.
- Bacopa myriophylloides (Benth.) Wettst.
- Bacopa occultans (Hiern) Hutch. & Dalziel
- Bacopa oxycalyx Alain
- Bacopa paraguariensis (S.Moore) Hassl.
- Bacopa pennellii G.M.Barroso & Ichaso
- Bacopa punctata Engl.
- Bacopa repens (Sw.) Wettst.
- Bacopa rotundifolia (Michx.) Wettst.
- Bacopa salzmannii (Benth.) Edwall
- Bacopa scabra (Benth.) Descole & Borsini
- Bacopa semiserrata (Schrank) B.L.Rob.
- Bacopa serpyllifolia (Benth.) Pennell
- Bacopa sessiliflora (Benth.) Edwall
- Bacopa stemodioides (Pennell) Pennell
- Bacopa stricta (Schrad.) Wettst. ex Edwall
- Bacopa valerioi Standl. & L.O.Williams
- Bacopa verticillata (Pennell & Gleason) Pennell
- Allocalyx Cordem.
- Anisocalyx Hance
- Brami Adans.
- Bramia Lam.
- Caconapea Cham.
- Calytriplex Ruiz & Pav.
- Cardiolophus Griff.
- Habershamia Raf.
- Heptas Meisn.
- Herpestis C.F.Gaertn.
- Hydranthelium Kunth
- Hydropyxis Raf.
- Hydrotrida Willd. ex Britton & A.Br.
- Macuillamia Raf.
- Maeviella Rossow
- Mella Vand.
- Moniera B.Juss. ex P.Browne
- Monocardia Pennell
- Naiadothrix Pennell
- Quinquelobus Benj.
- Ranapalus Kellogg
- Ranaria Cham.
- Septas Lour.
- Septilia Raf.
- Silvinula Pennell
- Sinobacopa D.Y.Hong
Bacopa Aubl. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Spruce, R. [s.n.] | K000202439 | |||
Campelo, M.J. [19], Brazil | K001139024 | |||
Andrade, K. [241], Brazil | K001139023 | |||
Burchell, W.J. [4773], Brazil | K001139027 | |||
Schessl, M. [s.n.], Brazil | K001139026 | |||
Gwynne-Vaughan, D.T. [15], Brazil | K001139025 | |||
Glaziou, A. [21827], Brazil | K001139029 | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.], India | K001132492 | |||
Burchell [4419], Brazil | K001139028 | |||
Burchell [5868], Brazil | K001139030 |
First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 128 (1775)
Accepted by
- de las Mercedes Sosa, M., Moroni, P. & O'Leary, N. (2018). A taxonomic revision of the genus Bacopa (Gratioleae, Plantaginaceae) in Argentina Phytotaxa 336: 1-27.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 4, 2: 319.
- Pl. Guian. 1: 128, t. 49 (1775), nom. cons.
Flora Zambesiaca
- Pl. Guian.1: 128, t. 49 (1775) nom. cons.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by E. Fischer [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Pl. Guian. 1: 128, t. 49 (1775), nom. conserv.
Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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