Difference between revisions of "Bacopa monnieri"
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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ||
| − | In the Coastal Plain in Florida, ''B. monnieri'' has been found in shallow water of shaded ditch; with ''Eleocharis flavescens'' in muck of small floating island in a ditch; sand fill near a salt marsh; and shallow brackish water (FSU Herbarium). | + | In the Coastal Plain in Florida, ''B. monnieri'' has been found in shallow water of a shaded ditch; with ''Eleocharis flavescens'' in muck of small floating island in a ditch; sand fill near a salt marsh; and shallow brackish water (FSU Herbarium). |
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
Revision as of 14:46, 2 November 2015
| Bacopa monnieri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Scrophulariales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Bacopa |
| Species: | B. monnieri |
| Binomial name | |
| Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell | |
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| Natural range of Bacopa monnieri from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: herb of grace
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida, B. monnieri has been found in shallow water of a shaded ditch; with Eleocharis flavescens in muck of small floating island in a ditch; sand fill near a salt marsh; and shallow brackish water (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
It has been observed to flower and fruit in June (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Bacopa monnieri at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Halictidae: Lasioglossum pectoralis, L. puteulanum
Megachilidae: Megachile brevis pseudobrevis, M. georgica
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Deyrup, M.A. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
