Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.

Credit:MPU - Université de Montpellier - 2025

Specimen

UM-MPU-MPU1403635

Collection

Plants of Marquesas, Hiva'oa Island / U.S National Herbarium

Projet soutenu par le ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, financement obtenu en 2024

Taxonomy

Family

Plantaginaceae

Genus

Bacopa

Species

Bacopa monnieri

Name

Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst.

Origin

Country label

Polynésie Française

Country ISO (code)

French Polynesia (pf)

State/Province

Hiva Oa

Locality

Puamau

Verbatim locality

Eastern Puamau, Ahui'i, where several brooks descend over a low bluff and old terraces into beach shingle

Collector's name

B.G. Decker

Collector's number

742

Collection date

1963-10-22

Altitude

1 -5

Maximum altitude (meters)

Geographic coordinates

9° 45' 55.8'' S ; 138° 52' 14.52'' O

-9.7655 ; -138.8707

Description

Corollas pale purple, very common

Ecological note

Herb 20-40 cm, in or near water

Determination

Wagner

1990