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Bacopa monnieria

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Identification
Bacopa monnieria (L.) Wettst. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hepper,F.N, 1958
Related name
  • Bacopa monnieria
  • Lysimachia monnieri

Flora

Entry for MONIERA cuneifolia Michaux [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 264, (1905) Author: (By W. Botting Hemsley and S. A. Skan).
Names
MONIERA cuneifolia Michaux [family ], Fl. Bor. Amer. ii. 22 (Monniera). —Hiern in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 355.
Gratiola Monnieria Linn. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Cent.Pl. ii. n. 120.
Monniera africana Pers. [family ], Syn. ii. 166.
Herpestis Monnieria Humb. Bonpl. & Kunth [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. ii. 366; Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 58, and in DC. Prodr. x. 400; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 272; Bot. Mag. t. 2557 (β portulacea); Durand & Schinz, Études Fl. Congo, i. 209; Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 223.
Herpestis crenata Beauv. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Fl. Oware, ii. 83, t. 112.
Herpestis africana Steud. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Nomencl. Bot. ed. i. 402.
Bacopa Monniera Wettst. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B, 77.
Bacopa Monnieria Engl. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE], Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 357.
Information
A creeping herb often bearing roots at the nodes, glandular-punctate, glabrous or sometimes sparingly pubescent on the younger parts. Leaves sessile, obovate-cuneate or spathulate-oblong, 2–9 lin. long, 1 1/4–3 1/2 lin. broad, entire or sometimes crenulate, obtuse, sometimes minutely emarginate. Flowers axillary, solitary; peduncles 2–6 lin. long, often much longer in the fruiting stage; bracts oblong, obtuse, 1–1 1/4 lin. long. Calyx about 3 lin. long; posticous segment ovate, obtuse, 2–3 lin. long, 1 1/2–2 lin. broad; anticous segments slightly narrower; lateral oblong-lanceolate, minutely ciliate, acute. Corolla blue, 3–3 3/4 lin. long, subequally 5-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 2 lin. long, glabrous.
Range
Also found in almost all warm countries.
Distribution
Lagos Upper Guinea Koto, Beauvois.Mozambique Mozamb. Dist. Kirk! Mozambique Isle, Peters.

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