Hygrophila costata

Hygrophila costata

Taxobox
name = Glush weed
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Acanthaceae
genus = "Hygrophila"
species = "H. costata"
binomial = "Hygrophila costata"
binomial_authority = Sinning

Glush weed (aka gulf swampweed), or yerba de hicotea (syn. "Hygrophila atricheta" Bridar., "Hygrophila brasiliensis" Spreng., "Hygrophila conferta" Nees, "Hygrophila guianensis" Nees, "Hygrophila lacustris" Morong & Britton, "Hygrophila longifolia" (Mart.) Nees, "Hygrophila portoricensis" Nees, "Hygrophila pubescens" Nees, "Hygrophila rivularis" Nees, "Ruellia brasiliensis" Mart. ex Nees, "Ruellia costata" Lindau, "Scorodoxylum costata" (Nees) Hiern) is a plant native of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil, and usually grows from southern Mexico to Argentina. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. In addition, "H. costata" is an invasive and dominating species in several parts of the world included Australia because this plant is usually like a freshwater aquarium plant.

See also

* List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil

External links

* [http://florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br/search?taxon_id=20475 Flora Brasiliensis: "Hygrophila costata"]
* [http://www.bfns.org.au/index.php?c=6&w=1 "Hygrophila costata"]
* [http://www.ib.unicamp.br/plant-aq-SP/img/plantas/Hygrophila_costata.html "Hygrophila costata" photos]
* [http://www.lhccrems.nsw.gov.au/weeds_cd/aqemerge.html "Hygrophila costata"]
* [http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&ibra=all&card=W20 "Hygrophila costata"]


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