Bacopa egensis (Poepp.) Pennell (Plantaginaceae): new records from Northeast Brazil and the Cerrado domain

By

Pestana, Mateus C. A.
Oliveira, Rafael
Scatigna, André V.
Saraiva, Raysa Valéria Carvalho
Da Silva, Maria Ildilene
Bastos, Maria Da Conceição C.
Exposto Guarçoni, Elidio Armando

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-3-20

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

19

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

191--197

Subjects

aquatic plant , Gratioleae , Maranhão , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/19.2.191

 

Abstract

We report the first records of Bacopa egensis (Poepp.) Pennell from the Brazilian Northeast and the Cerrado domain. This species was collected in the municipality of Chapadinha, in eastern Maranhão state. Photographs, a map of occurrences in Brazil, a description, and comments on the morphology and taxonomy of B. egensis are provided, as well as an identification key to the Bacopa species of Maranhão. These new records are important due to the scarcity of collections of B. egensis from Brazil. The new data expand the longitudinal distribution of this species in the country and are an especially important contribution to the flora of Maranhão.