MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Bacopa names


Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

(Bed) (Braj) V (CRDP) (FAO) V  (FDAM) (Flcyb) (GCW) (GRIN) V (IPNI) V (ISF) V (ISTA) (JA) V (JSent) V (LibHerb) (Mansf) V (MMPND) (Mrkv) (Nep) (Pan) V (Prosea) (SavMark) (Smit) V   (SwedMus) (USDA) (Wang) V (W3Trop) (Yasu)

 

Bacopa aquatica Aubl.

FRENCH :  Bacopa du Brésil.

GERMAN :  Wasserysop.

PORTUGUESE :  Pacoba (Brazil), Pacobeira (Brazil), Pacova (Brazil).

Bacopa axillaris (Benth.) Standl

Data needed

Bacopa caroliniana Roxb. (Smit)

SYNONYM(S) :    Bacopa amplexicaulis (Pursch.) Wettst.,  Bacopa caroliniana (Walt.) Robins.

ENGLISH :  Lemon Bacopa, Blue Hyssop, Water Hyssop, Giant red bacopa.

FRENCH :  Grande bacopa.

GERMAN :  Amerikanische Fettblatt, Amerikanische Wasserysop, Großblättrige Bacopa, Große Fettblatt, Großes Fettblatt, Stegelumfassende Bacopa, Wasserysop.

HUNGARIAN :  Awaiting feedback.

POLISH :  Bakopa karolińska.

RUSSIAN :   Бакопа каролинская.

THAI :    ลานไพลิน   Lan phai lin (Smit) .


Photograph at  Maryland Aquatic Nurseries (mid. page).

Bacopa crenata (Beauv.) Hepper

ENGLISH :  Dentated water hyssop. (this name needs checking)

FRENCH :  Bacopa crénelée. (this name needs checking)

GERMAN :  Gekerbte Bacopa.

RUSSIAN :   Бакопа городчатая.


Bacopa diffusus hort.

SYNONYM(S) :   Sutera diffusus hort.

ENGLISH :   Ornamental bacopa.

FRENCH :   Bacopa des fleuristes, Bacopa ornementale.

GERMAN :   Bacopa, Schneeflockenblume.

HUNGARIAN :  Hópehelyvirág fehér.

JAPANESE :   バコパ・ディッフスム   Bakopa diffusumu,  ステラ Sutera , ズーテラ  Zuutera.

 RUSSIAN :    Сутера раскидистая,  Бакопа раскидистая.


Photograph of leaves and flowers (close-up) of  white-flowered cultivar 'Snowflake' at H.A.I. Flowers in Japan.


Bacopa floribunda (R. Br.) Wettst.

SYNONYM(S) :  Bramia floribunda  (R.Br.) F.Muell., Herpestis floribunda R. Br. (Wang) , Mella floribunda (R. Br.) Pennell (Wang)

CHINESE :   Mai hua cao.

FRENCH :  Bacopa à feuilles pointues.

HUNGARIAN :   Awaiting feedback..

POLISH :   Bakopa zaostrzona.

THAI :    ผักสามหลัม         Phak sam lan (Smit) .


Bacopa lanigera (G. Don) Wettst.

SYNONYM(S) :   Bramia lanigera  G.Don, Bramia lanigera  (Chamisso & Sclechtendal) Wettst., Herpestis lanigera Chamisso & Schlechtendal

RUSSIAN :   Бакопа шерстистая.


Bacopa laxiflora (Benth.) Wettst. ex Edwall

SYNONYM(S) :    Bacopa laxiflora (Benth.) Wettst. & Edwall

Data needed
Bacopa laxiflora (Benth.) Wettst. ex  Edwall  var. scabra Edwall

Data needed

Bacopa madagascariensis (Benth.) Pennell

FRENCH :  Bacopa de Madagascar.

RUSSIAN :  Бакопа мадагаскарская.

Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell

SYNONYM(S) :   Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettst,  Bramia monnieri (L.) Pennell,  Bramia monniera (R. Br.) Pennell, Gratiola monnieri L,  Herpestis monniera (L.) Kuntze (HoC), Lysimachia monnieri L., Septas repens Lour.

CHINESE :   Jia ma chi xian.

ENGLISH : Bacopa, Brain plant, Coastal waterhyssop (Wang) , Herb of grace (HoC), Indian pennywort (HoC), Moneywort,  Monnier's bacopa,  Thyme-leaved gratiola, Water hyssop (HoC), White hyssop.

FRENCH :  Bacopa de Monnier, Bacopa des herbalistes, Bacopa médicinale, Bramia de Saint-Paul (Réunion), Petite bacopa.

GERMAN :   Bacopa, Kleine Fettblatt, Kleines Fettblatt, Wasserysop.

GUJARATI : Jalbrahmi.

HINDI : Adha birni, Barami, Brahmi (Rehm) (NMPB) (HoC), Brambhi, Mandukaparni (HoC), Safed chamni (Rehm).

HUNGARIAN :   Awaiting feedback.

JAPANESE :   バコパ  Bakopa.

KANNADA : Nirbrahmi .

MALAYALAM : Barna.

MARATHI : Ghola.

POLISH :  Bakopa drobnolistna, Bakopa moniera.

RUSSIAN :  Бакопа, Бакопа Монье.

SANSKRIT : Bhrami, Brahmi,  Jala brahmi, Nira-brahmi.

TAMIL : Neer brahmi, Nirabradhmi, Nirpirami.

TELUGU :   Sambranichettu,  Saraswathi aku.

THAI :     ผักมิ   Phak mi (Smit) ,  พรมมิ    Phrommi (Smit) .

 


Photograph on Henriette Kress' site.
Photograph  at  Maryland Aquatic Nurseries


See note on Indian names.

 

Bacopa monnierioides (Cham.) B.L. Rob

Data needed

Bacopa myriophylloides (Benth.) Wettstein

ENGLISH :  Brazilian bacopa, Fine leaf water hyssop, Fine-leaved water hyssop, South American bacopa.

FRENCH :  Bacopa aux feuilles fines et verticillées, Bacopa myriophylle, Bacopa myriophylle d' Amérique du Sud.

GERMAN :  Tausendblattähnliches Fettblatt.

RUSSIAN :  Бакопа перистолистная.
Bacopa repens (Swartz) Wettst.

SYNONYM(S) :  Gratiola repens Swartz,  Sinobacopa aquatica D. Y. Hong.

CHINESE :  田玄参   Tian xuan shen .

ENGLISH :  Creeping water-hyssop, Creeping waterhyssop.
Bacopa reptans (Benth.) Wettst. ex Edwall

Possibly a synonym of   Bacopa repens (Swartz) Wettst. ?
Bacopa rotundifolia (Michx) Wettst.

SYNONYM(S) :  Bramia rotundifolia Britt.

ENGLISH :  Disk waterhyssop, Round leaf water hyssop.

FRENCH :  Bacopa à feuilles rondes.

GERMAN :  Rundblättrige Fettblatt.

HUNGARIAN :  Awaiting feedback.

 POLISH :  Bakopa okrągłolistna.

 

Bacopa salzmannii (Benth.) Wettst

Data needed

Bacopa sessiliflora (Benth.) Edwall

Data needed

Bacopa stricta (Schrad.) Edwall

Data needed
Bacopa tweedii (Benth.) Parodi

Data needed

 

 

 

HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Bacopa Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database - A Work in Progress. Institute of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia. < http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Bacopa.html > (2004).



REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Online

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REFERENCES
Specific & complementary

 

Kalam Abdul  A. P. J.  (Dr.),  The President of India site.  Rashtrapati Bhavan, Herbal Garden.  < http://presidentofindia.nic.in/herbal.html >.

Maharishi Ayurveda, 1999 - 2005 Maharishi Ayurveda Products International Inc. Ayurvedic Herbs and their Uses,  Brahmi — used to help relieve and prevent stress.  <  http://www.mapi.com/en/ayurvedicherbs/brahmi.html   >.

McGuffin Michael et al., 2000, Herbs of Commerce - 2d Edition. American Herbal Products Association. (HoC)

NMPB, 2004, 32 Prioritised Medicinal Plants. National Informatics Center, National Medicinal Plants Board -  Ministry of Health & Family Welfare - Department of Ayush - Government of India. < http://www.nmpb.nic.in/sarpgandha.htm >. (NMPB)

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?bacopa (01 September 2004). (GRIN)

พรรณไม้น้ำสวยงามที่ผลิตในประเทศไทย  ,  2005, (List of Aquatic Plants in Thailand) Department of Fisheries - Thailand.
< http://www.fisheries.go.th/aquaorna/aquatic%20plants.htm >.

 

Contributors to this page (Personal communication) : In progress.

 

 

NOTE

"Brahmi" is applied to Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. in Northern and Western India but defines Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell in Kerala (Southern India). (ref. McGuffin et al. 2000)

"Mandukaparni" applies to Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell in Northern and Western India but defines Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. in Kerala. (ref. McGuffin et al. 2000).

It is stated on the  Maharishi Ayurveda site : "Two main herbs (Herpestis Monniera, Bacopa Monnieri ) go by the name of Brahmi in the ancient Ayurvedic texts. Some experts from The Council of Maharishi Ayurveda Physicians feel that Herpestis Monniera is more authentic and is preferable for mental benefits except where urinary flow, purification, and immunomodulation is desired by the physician.
The other herb that commonly goes by this name is more popularly known in the U.S. as Gotu-Kola, or Centella asiatica, called Mandukaparni. "

Unfortunately modern scientists have lumped both plants (Herpestis monniera and  Bacopa monnieri), if ever there were 2 distinctive plants involved, in the same bag -  i.e. they are considered as synonyms.




 

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