View source for Hygrophila costata

{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Glush weed 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Hygrophila]]''
| species = '''''H. costata'''''
| binomial = ''Hygrophila costata''
| binomial_authority = [[Wilhelm Sinning|Sinning]] 
}}

'''Glush weed''' (aka '''gulf swampweed'''),  or yerba de hicotea ([[Synonymy|syn.]] ''Hygrophila atricheta'' [[Bridar.]], ''Hygrophila brasiliensis'' [[Spreng.]], ''Hygrophila conferta'' [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]], ''Hygrophila guianensis'' [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]], ''Hygrophila lacustris'' [[Morong]] & [[Britton]], ''Hygrophila longifolia'' ([[Mart.]]) [[Nees]], ''Hygrophila portoricensis'' [[Nees]], ''Hygrophila pubescens'' [[Nees]], ''Hygrophila rivularis'' [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]], ''Ruellia brasiliensis'' [[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart]]. ex [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]], ''Ruellia costata'' [[Lindau]], ''Scorodoxylum costata'' ([[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]]) [[Karl Engelbrecht Hirn |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 ==
* {{pt icon}} [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''''']


[[Category:Acanthaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Brazil]]
[[Category:Invasive plant species]]

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