7546.000 Bacopa Aubl.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Herbs, erect or creeping, spreading. Leaves opposite; lamina small, fleshy, rounded, often fragrant when crushed. Inflorescence solitary, axillary or in terminal racemes. Sepals (4or)5 free, imbricate, upper largest; corolla tubular, limb patent, conspicuously or obscurely 2-lipped, lower lip tri-lobed, upper lip bi-lobed. Fruit capsules, ovoid or globose, 2-grooved, 4-valved. Seeds numerous, minute.

Worldwide: 55 species in the tropics and sub-tropics, mainly in America.

Mozambique: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
floribunda (R. Br.) Wettst.	N,Z	Description, Image
hamiltoniana (Benth.) Wettst.	N
monnieri (L.) Pennell	N	Description, Image

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