Plantaginaceae
Bacopa

Bacopa hamiltoniana (Benth.) Wettst.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 77 (1891)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Indian subcontinent. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Scrophulariaceae, D. Philcox. Flora Zambesiaca 8:2. 1990

Morphology General Habit
Erect herb up to 40 cm. tall, glabrous; stem simple or branched, smooth to subquadrangular especially towards base.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 15–40 x 1.5–5(8) mm., sessile, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, cuneate into narrow, petiole-like, somewhat amplexicaul base, entire to obscurely, remotely denticulate or evenly crenate-dentate, glandular-punctate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers axillary, solitary, pale mauve or pale blue, shortly pedicellate, bibracteate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
Pedicels c. 0.5 mm. long, stout, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
Bracts 1–1.5 mm. long, very narrowly-linear.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx minutely ciliate, glandular-punctate; lateral sepals 3–3.5 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate; posterior 4.5–5 x 2.5–3 mm., broadly ovate, reticulate veined; anterior c. 3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla c. 4 mm. long, upper lip, truncate, emarginate; lower lip equally trilobed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule 3–3.5 mm. long, broadly ovoid to subglobose.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176889/7325372

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0