- Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.
- Genus: Bacopa Aubl.
Bacopa crenata (P.Beauv.) Hepper
- Genus: Bacopa Aubl.
[FWTA]
Scrophulariaceae, F. N. Hepper. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- Creeping and ascending herb with soft spongy stems a few inches to 3 ft. long, rooting at the lower nodes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white
- Ecology
- In swamps and ditches.
[FZ]
Scrophulariaceae, D. Philcox. Flora Zambesiaca 8:2. 1990
- Morphology General Habit
- Decumbent or ascending, glandular-punctate herb up to 30 cm. tall, subglabrous; sterns simple or branched.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves 9–33.5(50) x 3–12(18) mm., lanceolate to ovate, obtuse or subacute, cuneate at base into short, broad petiole or subsessile, crenulate to crenate-serrate, glandular-punctate, markedly so beneath.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary-axillary, white to occasionally pale violet, bibracteate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
- Pedicels 5–9 mm. long, winged just below calyx.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts 1–1.5 mm. long, narrowly linear.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx with lateral lobes ovate-lanceolate, narrow, keeled, ciliate; posterior lobe 6–7 mm. long, 4–4.5 mm. wide, up to 9 mm. long, 6 mm. wide in fruit; anterior similar to but somewhat narrower than posterior; all lobes strongly reticulate-nerved.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule 4 x 2.5 mm., ellipsoid, foveolate, somewhat densely minutely glandular.
[FTEA]
Scrophulariaceae, S.A. Ghazanfar, F.N. Hepper & D. Philcox. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2008
- Type
- Type: Nigeria, without locality, P. Beauvois s.n. (G!, holo.)
- Morphology General Habit
- Ascending herb, sometimes a simple annual (see note), up to 40 cm high.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems fleshy, trailing, rooting at nodes, glabrous or nearly so
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves lanceolate to ovate, 1.5–4(–8) cm long, (0.2–)0.6–1.2(–2.3) cm wide, narrowed at the base into a short petiole or sessile or base amplexicaul, obtuse to acute at apex, margins crenateserrate, glandular-punctate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary in most leaf axils; pedicels 1–3(–5) mm long
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts 2, 1.5 mm long, setaceous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx glabrous, the outer lobes broadly ovate, posterior lobe largest, 8–9 mm long and 4–5 mm wide, in fruit reticulate-veined; other lobes successively smaller and narrower, lateral lobes somewhat keeled
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla pure white with yellow mark in the throat, slightly longer than the calyx; upper lip emarginate, lower lip equally 3-lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Style
- Style and ovary glabrous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule 3–4 mm, ovoid, glandular
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds ellipsoid.
- Ecology
- Grassy swamps and salt marshes; 0–1600 m
- Conservation
- Least Concern (LC); widespread
- Note
- Typically this species has a stout ascending stem and rooting habit, but in brackishmarshy habitats it tends to be a small annual with a simple erect stem; these are ecotypes and cannot be considered as separate taxa.
- Distribution
- Flora districts: K7 T3 T5 T6 T8 Z P Range: Senegal eastwards to the Sudan and southwards to Mozambique and Angola, Madagascar
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Native to:
Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre
Bacopa crenata (P.Beauv.) Hepper appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 1, 2008 | Cheek, M. [11745], Cameroon | K000023312 | ||
Welwitsch [5875], Angola | K001008368 | |||
Welwitsch [5877], Angola | K001008369 | |||
Welwitsch [5909/5918], Angola | K001008370 | |||
Welwitsch [5918], Angola | K001008371 | |||
Leprieur [214], Senegal | K000405199 | isosyntype | ||
Guillemin [12], Senegal | K000405200 | isosyntype |
First published in Kew Bull. 14: 407 (1960)
Accepted by
- Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2016). Flore du Gabon 48: 1-158. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
- Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo) Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
- Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Scrophulariaceae: 1-211.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Catarino, L., Sampaio Martins, E., Pinto-Basto, M.F. & Diniz, M.A. (2006). Plantas Vasculares e Briófitos da Guiné-Bissau: 1-298. Instituto de investigação científica tropical, Instituto Português de apoio ao desenvolvimento.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Fischer, E. (1999). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Scrophulariaceae: 1-217. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Lebrun, J.p., Toutain, B., Gaston, A. & Boudet, G. (1991). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Burkina Faso: 1-341. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Philcox, D. (1990). Flora Zambesiaca 8(2): 1-179. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- in Kew Bull. 14: 407 (1960).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
- Ghazanfar, S.A., Hepper, F.N. & Philcox, D. (2008). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Scrophulariaceae: 1-211.
- Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Fischer, F.A.C. Scrophulariaceae: 28, pl. 7 (1999).
- F.Z.: 8(2): 49 (1990)
- F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 359 (1963)
- K.B. 14: 407 (1960)
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