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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Bacopa egensis
|accepted_authority=(Poeppig) Pennell
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
|place=98: 96. 1946
|year=1946
}}
|common_names=Brazilian water-hyssop
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hydranthelium egense
|authority=Poeppig in E. G. Poeppig and S. L. Endlicher
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Plantaginaceae;Bacopa;Bacopa egensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Plantaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bacopa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Bacopa egensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 260
|treatment_page=page 262
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials.</b> Stems prostrate, 15–30 cm, hairy. <b>Leaves</b> glabrous; blade base narrowly cuneate, margins crenate, apex rounded with a narrow petiole-like base. <b>Pedicels</b> 10–12 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 4(or 5), ovate to oblong, calyx radially symmetric; corolla white with yellow throat, 3–5 mm; stamens 3 or 4, didynamous.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Shallow, quiescent water, lakes.
|elevation=0–20 m.
|distribution=Ark.;La.;Central America (Costa Rica;Nicaragua);South America (Brazil);introduced also in w;c Africa (Republic of Cameroon;Democratic Republic of Congo;Ghana;Nigeria;Senegal).
|discussion=<p><i>Bacopa egensis</i> was first collected in the United States by Josiah Hale in the early 1800s (C. E. Depoe 1969). There are subsequent collections from Arkansas and Louisiana.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=depoe1969a
|text=Depoe, C. E. 1969. Bacopa egensis (Poeppig) Pennell (Scrophulariaceae) in the United States. Sida 3: 313–318.
}}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Bacopa egensis
|author=
|authority=(Poeppig) Pennell
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Hydranthelium egense
|family=Plantaginaceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug–Oct.
|habitat=Shallow, quiescent water, lakes.
|elevation=0–20 m.
|distribution=Ark.;La.;Central America (Costa Rica;Nicaragua);South America (Brazil);introduced also in w;c Africa (Republic of Cameroon;Democratic Republic of Congo;Ghana;Nigeria;Senegal).
|introduced=true
|reference=depoe1969a
|publication title=Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia
|publication year=1946
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V17/V17_633.xml
|genus=Bacopa
|species=Bacopa egensis
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