7546.000 Bacopa Aubl.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Fischer, E. (1999) Scrophulariaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda & Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles

Description of the genus

Herbs, erect or creeping, spreading. Leaves opposite; lamina small, fleshy, rounded, often fragrant when crushed. Inflorescence solitary, axillary or in terminal racemes. Sepals (4or)5 free, imbricate, upper largest; corolla tubular, limb patent, conspicuously or obscurely 2-lipped, lower lip tri-lobed, upper lip bi-lobed. Fruit capsules, ovoid or globose, 2-grooved, 4-valved. Seeds numerous, minute.

Worldwide: 55 species in the tropics and sub-tropics, mainly in America.

DRC: 4 taxa.

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SpeciesBotanical divisionsContent
crenata (Beauv.) Hepper I,III,IV,VI,VIIDescription
egensis (Poepp.) PennellI,III,IV,VIDescription
floribunda (R. Br.) Wettst.VIIDescription, Image
hamiltoniana (Benth.) Wettst. var. hamiltoniana XIDescription

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Flora of Malawi: Bacopa
Flora of Mozambique: Bacopa
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Bacopa
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Bacopa

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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Bacopa
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