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Bacopa erecta

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Name

Identification
Bacopa erecta Hutch. & Dalziel [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Verified by Hutchinson; Dalziel, Herpestis calycina Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] Bacopa decumbens (Fernald) F.N.Williams [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Bacopa decumbens
  • Herpestis calycina
  • Bacopa erecta

Flora

Entry for Bacopa decumbens (Fernald) F. N. Williams [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Bacopa decumbens (Fernald) F. N. Williams [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Bull. Herb Boiss., sér. 2, 7: 369 (1907).
Herpestis decumbens Fernald [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], (1897).
Moniera decumbens (Fernald) Skan [family ], in F.T.A. 4, 2: 321 (1906).
Bacopa erecta Hutch. & Dalz. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 222 (1931); Berhaut Fl. Sén. 74.
Information
Erect herb 1-2 ft. high with soft stem; flowers white; in brackish swamps and rice fields.
Habitat
; in brackish swamps and rice fields.
Distribution
Sen.: Heudelot 595! Perrottet 589! 607! Berhaut 1772.Gam.: Dawe 66! Sukuko (fl. & fr. Jan.) Dalz. 8060!Port. G.: Bissau (fl. & fr. Jan., Feb., Nov.)Guin.: Koba (nov.) jac.-fél. 7203!S. L.: Smeathmann! Mahela (Dec.) Sc.
Distribution (external)
Mexico
C. America
Notes
[In spite of this being described as a new species in the first edition, I cannot see that it is specifically distinct from Fernald’s species and I therefore revert to the F.T.A. determination with its apparently inappropriate epithet-F. N. H.]

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