Description
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Annuals. Roots fibrous. Stems erect, 15-40 cm, sometimes apically branched, basally glabrous, apically sparsely scabrous. Leaves sessile, linear to linear-elliptic, 1-5 cm, glabrous, margin entire or few serrate. Flowers axillary or sometimes in terminal racemes. Pedicel ca. 2 mm. Bracteoles 2, filiform, below calyx. Sepals scabrous, ciliate, abaxially yellow glandular punctate; upper sepal orbicular, ca. 6 mm; lower 2 sepals ovate; lateral 2 sepals ovate to lanceolate. Corolla white, as long as calyx. Stamens didynamous. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid, enveloped in inflated calyx. Seeds black, ellipsoid-conical, ca. 0.3 mm; seed coat reticulate. Fl. Aug-Nov.
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Habitat & Distribution
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Paddy fields, wet places; low elevations. Guangxi, Fujian (Fuqing Xian), Hainan [India, Indonesia, Laos, W Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia].
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Synonym
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Herpestis floribunda R. Brown, Prodr. 442. 1810; Mella floribunda (R. Brown) Pennell.
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Derivation of specific name
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floribunda: with abundant flowers
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Bacopa floribunda (R. Br.) Wettst. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=151310
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings