Difference between revisions of "Bacopa monnieri"

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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Bacopa monnieri'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Bacopa monnieri'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
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Common name:  herb of grace
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
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herb of grace
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on ''Bacopa monnieri'':
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Bacopa monnieri'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
  
Halictidae: Lasioglossum pectoralis
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Halictidae: ''Lasioglossum pectoralis, L. puteulanum''
  
Halictidae: Lasioglossum puteulanum
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Megachilidae: ''Megachile brevis pseudobrevis, M. georgica''
 
 
Megachilidae: Megachile brevis pseudobrevis
 
 
 
Megachilidae: Megachile georgica
 
  
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
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Deyrup, M.A. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Revision as of 09:25, 5 August 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
BACO MONN dist.jpg
Natural range of Bacopa monnieri from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: herb of grace

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

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.