Bacopa aquatica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Gratioleae
Genus: Bacopa
Species:

Bacopa aquatica Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 129. (1775)

Homotypic
- Moniera aquatica (Aubl.) Macloskie in Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8: 720 (1905)
Heterotypic
- Bacopa aquatica var. multiflora J.A.Schmidt in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 8(1): 318 (1862)
- Bacopa grandiflora Mart. ex Benth. in Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 443 (1839)
- Bacopa stellarioides (Cham.) Loefgr. & Edwall in Bol. Commiss. Geogr. Estado São Paulo 13: 176 (1897)
- Herpestis stellarioides Cham. in Linnaea 8: 32 (1833)
- Herpestis stellarioides var. bahiensis Benth. in Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 57 (1836)
- Herpestis stellarioides var. cayennensis Benth. in Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 57 (1836)
- Herpestis stellarioides var. pumila Benth. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 10: 399 (1846)
- Moniera stellarioides Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 463 (1891)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western Southern America Bolivia Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern Southern America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 129

de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Bacopa aquatica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Bacopa aquatica. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 20 2025. Reference page.