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Yerba de hicotea
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Acanthus family

Yerba de hicotea

Hygrophila costata Nees

Names

EnglishYerba de hicotea
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese显脉水蓑衣
Scientific nameHygrophila costata Nees

About this species

Hygrophila costata, with the common names glush weed, gulf swampweed, and yerba de hicotea, is an aquatic plant.

The plant is endemic is native to Neotropic ecoregions. It is native to Florida, the Caribbean, southern Mexico, Central America, and South America.

This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, and is found in the Cerrado ecoregion of Brazil.

In addition, Hygrophila 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.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderLamiales
FamilyAcanthaceae
GenusHygrophila

In Suriname

29Records in Suriname
1842First record
2005Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini7
  • Saramacca2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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