Bacopa crenata (Beauv.) Hepper

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Status: Native
Description:
For descriptions see World Flora Online
Type location:
Nigeria
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Habitat: In moist places by swamps, lakes and rivers.
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Worldwide distribution: Widespread in tropical Africa from Senegal to Sudan and South to Angola, Zambia, Mozambique and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Also in Madagascar.
Botanical divisions: I,III,IV,VI,VII
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Literature:

Fischer, E. (1999). Scrophulariaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda & Burundi) Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles Pages 27 - 29. (Includes a picture).

Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 189.

Philcox, D. (1990). Scrophulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(2) Page 49.


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Flora of Burundi: Bacopa crenata
Flora of Malawi: Bacopa crenata
Flora of Mozambique: Bacopa crenata
Flora of Zambia: Bacopa crenata

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Bacopa crenata
African Plant Database: Bacopa crenata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Bacopa crenata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Bacopa crenata
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bacopa crenata
JSTOR Plant Science: Bacopa crenata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Bacopa crenata
Plants of the World Online: Bacopa crenata
Tropicos: Bacopa crenata
Wikipedia: Bacopa crenata


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The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Species information: Bacopa crenata.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=212190, retrieved 13 June 2026

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