Taxon:  Bacopa repens (Sw.) Wettst.



Summary
Genus:
Bacopa
Family:
Plantaginaceae
Tribe:
Gratioleae
Nomen number:
460022
Place of publication:
H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b):76.  1891 "Monniera"
Verified:
10/22/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Gratiola repens Sw.

No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  2. Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
  3. Burger, W. C., ed. 1971-. Flora costaricensis.
  4. Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
  5. Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979-1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, 2 vol.
  6. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
  7. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
  8. Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
  9. Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
  10. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  11. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
  12. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
  13. Thieret, J. W. 1970. Bacopa repens (Scrophulariaceae) in the conterminous United States. Castanea 35:132-136.
  14. Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24
  15. Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
  16. Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
  17. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
  18. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  19. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoChihuahua Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoDurango Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoHidalgo Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuerétaro Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaBelize  Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  Burger, W. C., ed. 1971-. Flora costaricensis.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaAmazonas Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaBarinas Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaBolívar Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaPortuguesa Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaZulia Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina s.e.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexase.Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFloridas.Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana Thieret, J. W. 1970. Bacopa repens (Scrophulariaceae) in the conterminous United States. Castanea 35:132-136.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Sonora]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela [Bolívar, Zulia, Amazonas, Barinas, Portuguesa]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China (s.e.)
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida (s.), Louisiana, South Carolina]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (e.)]

Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  2. Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
  3. Burger, W. C., ed. 1971-. Flora costaricensis.
  4. Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
  5. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
  6. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
  7. Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
  8. Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
  9. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  10. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
  11. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
  12. Thieret, J. W. 1970. Bacopa repens (Scrophulariaceae) in the conterminous United States. Castanea 35:132-136.
  13. Turner, B. L. et al. 2003. Atlas of the vascular plants of Texas. Sida Botanical Miscellany no. 24
  14. Villaseñor, J. L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Rev. Mex. Biodivers. 87:837.
  15. Weakley, A. S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and surrounding areas.
  16. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama.
  17. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  18. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=460022. Accessed 30 October 2026.