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This species is accepted, and its native range is Trinidad to S. Tropical America.

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Bacopa aquatica Aubl. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Aug 7, 2013 Gardner [1090], Brazil K000533472 lectotype
Harley, R.M. [18000], Brazil K001139045
Trail, J.W.H. [605], Brazil K001139042
Trail, J.W.H. [605], Brazil K001139050
Trail, J.W.H. [604], Brazil K001139053
Bahia K000533467
Schomburgk [225/292], Guyana K001139048
Blanchet [2752], Bahia K000533469
Ule, E. [5959], Brazil K001139046
Leprieur [s.n.], French Guiana K000533468
Sellow [902], Brazil K001139049
Poiteau, P.A. [s.n.], Guyana K001139043
Martin [s.n.], French Guiana K001139052
Jangoux, J. [1197], Brazil K001139044
Finlay, K. [s.n.] K001139051
Gardner [6078], Brazil K001139047
Gardner [6078], Brazil K001139054
Glaziou [11410], Brazil K001139041
Jan 1, 1992 Blanchet, J.S. [2752], Brazil Bacopa stellarioides K001048488
Harley, R.M. [21418], Brazil Bacopa stellarioides K001048489
Blanchet [2752], Brazil Bacopa stellarioides K001048487
Salzmann [s.n.], Brazil Bacopa stellarioides K001048486

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 129 (1775)

Accepted by

  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0