Bacopa monnieri
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Family Plantaginaceae
Taxonomy: Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.
Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Bacopa monniera Wettst. (orthographic variant)
- Bramia indica Lam. (taxonomic synonym)
- Bramia monnieri (L.) Drake (nomenclatural synonym)
- Bramia monnieri (L.) Pennell (nomenclatural synonym)
- Bramia monnieria Drake (nomenclatural synonym)
- Gratiola monnieri (L.) L. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Gratiola monnieria L. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Herpestis cuneifolia (Michx.) Pursh (taxonomic synonym)
- Herpestis monnieri (L.) Kunth (nomenclatural synonym)
- Herpestis monnieria Kunth (nomenclatural synonym)
- Lysimachia monnieri L. (nomenclatural synonym)
- Moniera cuneifolia Michx. (taxonomic synonym)
- Monniera cuneifolia Michx. (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kew_2019_1 (3), Kew_2019_6 (2), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (14), Sjostrom_2006 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 38 records in 9 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 3.75 mm (3-4.5 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 9.25 mm (3.5-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 4.25 mm (1.5-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): oblong (1); obovate (1); obtriangular (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.03 mg (0.02-0.05 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 11 | 14 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 5 | 5 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Kew_2019_1 | 1 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 3 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Kew_2019_6 | 1 | 2 | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Germination data from the Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |