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Taxon:
Bacopa monnieri
(L.) Pennell
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Bacopa
Family:
Plantaginaceae
Tribe:
Gratioleae
Nomen number:
102292
Place of publication:
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 98:94. 1946
Comment:
very similar in spelling to
Bacopa monnieria
(L.) Wettst. and possibly confusable, although the latter specific epithet was intended as a substantive
Verified:
11/27/2006
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Lysimachia monnieri
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bacopa monnieria
(L.) Wettst.
Gratiola monnieria
L.
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Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al.
1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown.
1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland
Burger, W. C., ed.
1971-. Flora costaricensis.
Chaudhary, S. A.
1987. Weeds of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian Peninsula.
Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll.
1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Girija, T. & Tabish.
Flowers of India (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.flowersofindia.in/
Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten.
1979-1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, 2 vol.
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long.
1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Harden, G. J., ed.
2002. Flora of New South Wales, ed. 2.
Howard, R.
1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier).
1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
Li, H. L. et al., eds.
1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.
Liogier, H. A.
1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
Liogier, H. A.
1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Merrill, E. D.
1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Philcox, D.
1979. Clarification of the name
Bacopa monnieri
(Scrophulariaceae). Kew Bull. 33:679-680.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Reitz, R., ed.
1965-. Flora ilustrada catarinense.
Stanley, T. D. & E. M. Ross.
1983-1989. Flora of south-eastern Queensland.
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds.
2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Note:
= "
Bacopa monnieri
" (L.) Wettst.
Thulin, M., ed.
1993-. Flora of Somalia.
University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
Native Plant Information Network database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/
Vibrans, H., ed.
Malezas de México (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/scrophulariaceae/bacopa-monnieri/fichas/pagina1.htm
Wanderley, M. G. L., ed.
2001-. Flora fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds.
1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
English
bacopa –
Reference(s)
coastal water-hyssop –
Reference(s)
herb-of-grace –
Reference(s)
Indian-pennywort –
Reference(s)
Arabic
farfakh –
Reference(s)
India
adha-birni –
Reference(s)
brahmi –
Reference(s)
gundala –
Reference(s)
indravalli –
Reference(s)
safed chamni –
Reference(s)
Swedish
litet tjockblad –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
pantropic
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Eswatini
possibly
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bhutan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
New South Wales
e.
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
e.
1
Native
Northern America
Mexico
1
Native
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
United States
Texas
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Alabama
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Georgia
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Louisiana
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Mississippi
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
North Carolina
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
South Carolina
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Virginia
s.e.
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Barbados
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Grenada
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Haiti
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Virgin Islands, U.S.
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Virgin Islands (British)
Tortola
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
1
Native
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Somalia
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
(pantropic)
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Eswatini
(possibly),
South Africa
[KwaZulu-Natal]
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bhutan
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[New South Wales (e.), Queensland (e.)]
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia (s.e.)]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Texas]
REGION:
Mexico
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Bahamas
,
Barbados
,
Cuba
,
Dominican Republic
,
Guadeloupe
,
Grenada
,
Haiti
,
Jamaica
,
St. Lucia
,
Martinique
,
Trinidad and Tobago
[Trinidad],
United States
[Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.],
Virgin Islands (British)
[Tortola]
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
,
El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
,
Chile
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Medicines
folklore
fide CRC MedHerbs ed2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References