Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Bacopa > Bacopa monnieriBacopa monnieri (herb of grace; herb-of-grace; coastal waterhyssop)Synonyms: Allocalyx microphylla; Alonsoa hirsuta; Anisocalyx limnanthiflorus (homotypic); Bacopa monnieri var. cuneifolia; Bacopa monnieria; Bacopa monnieria var. cuneifolia; Bramia indica; Bramia monniera; Bramia monnieri (homotypic); Bramia monnieria; Calytriplex obovata; Capraria monnieri; Capraria monnieria; Gratiola monnieri (homotypic); Gratiola monnieria; Gratiola parviflora (homotypic); Gratiola portulacacea; Gratiola tetrandra; Habershamia cuneifolia; Hemimeris hirsuta; Herpestes monnieria; Herpestis africana; Herpestis brownei; Herpestis calytriplex; Herpestis cuneifolia; Herpestis monnieri (homotypic); Herpestis monnieria; Herpestis moranensis; Herpestis pedunculosa; Herpestis procumbens (heterotypic); Herpestis spathulata; Hydrotrida beccabunga; Limosella calycina; Lysimachia monnieri (homotypic); Mecardonia procumbens (heterotypic); Moniera africana; Moniera brownei; Moniera cuneifolia; Moniera monnieri (homotypic); Moniera pedunculosa; Monniera africana; Monniera brownei; Monniera cuneifolia; Monniera monniera; Monniera pedunculosa; Ruellia articulata; Thunbergia stolonifera Bacopa monnieri (waterhyssop, brahmi, thyme-leafed gratiola, water hyssop, herb of grace, Indian pennywort) is a perennial, creeping herb native to the wetlands of southern and Eastern India, Australia, Europe, Africa, Asia, and North and South America. Bacopa is a medicinal herb used in Ayurveda, where it is also known as "Brahmi", after Brahmā, the creator God of the Hindu pantheon. |
| Lifespan [1] | Perennial | | Structure [2] | Herb |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land
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Eastern Coastal Australia |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Coastal Rivers |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Assateague Island National Seashore |
II |
8621 |
Maryland, United States |
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Buenavista Wetland Reserve |
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778949 |
Cuba |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
II |
9090 |
Florida, United States |
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Cape Lookout National Seashore |
II |
18379 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Ciénaga de Zapata National Park |
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1606900 |
Cuba |
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El Rey National Park |
II |
110298 |
Salta, Argentina |
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Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve |
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Florida, United States |
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Gulf Island National Seashore |
II |
67487 |
Florida, Mississippi, United States |
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Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge |
VI |
28351 |
Louisiana, United States |
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Little St. Simons Island |
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Georgia, United States |
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Mburucuyá National Park |
II |
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Corrientes, Argentina |
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Reserva Natural Otamendi Strict Nature Reserve |
Ia |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Tuabaquey - Limones Ecological Reserve |
II |
4859 |
Cuba |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3The Growth, Ecology, and Population Structure of the Giant Tortoises on Aldabra, P. Grubb, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B, Vol. 260, 1971, pp. 327372. ♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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