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

• Published in: Check list (Luís Felipe Toledo) Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 191 - 197
• Main Authors: Araújo Pestana, Mateus César, Ferreira de Oliveira, Rafael, Scatigna, André Vito, Carvalho Saraiva, Raysa Valéria, da Silva, Maria Ildilene, de Carvalho Bastos, Maria da Conceição, Exposto Guarçoni, Elidio Armando
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sofia Pensoft Publishers 01-03-2023
• Subjects: Aquatic plant; Bacopa egensis; Flora; Geographical distribution; Gratioleae; Identification keys; Leaves; Maranhão; Morphology; New records; Taxonomy; Brazil
• ISSN: 1809-127X; 1809-127X
• DOI: 10.15560/19.2.191

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.