Hygrophila costata
Nees · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Hygrophila costata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 916 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Hygrophila costata, with the common names glush weed, gulf swampweed, and yerba de hicotea, is an aquatic plant. The plant is endemic to, 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.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology10
Life cycle & reproduction4
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment12
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Hygrophila costata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Hygrophila costata carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 321×CCDB · Cave1956
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type1 916 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions65 of 164 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 185 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 148 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 66 |
| Blumenau, BR | 63 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 61 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 56 |
| Brisbane, AU | 41 |
| Bronx, US | 40 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 33 |
| San Isidro, AR | 23 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 23 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 21 |
| Chicago, US | 19 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 18 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 17 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 17 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 16 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 16 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 15 |
| Campo Grande, BR | 15 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 14 |
| León, NI | 14 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 13 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 12 |
| Corrientes, AR | 12 |
| Tampa, US | 12 |
| Kew, GB | 12 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 12 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 11 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 11 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 11 |
| Brasília, BR | 10 |
| Durham, US | 10 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 10 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 10 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 10 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 9 |
| Canberra, AU | 9 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 9 |
| Cascavel, BR | 9 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 8 |
| Universidad del Quindío (UniQuindío)location not on record | 8 |
| Mexico City, MX | 8 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 8 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 8 |
| Stockholm, SE | 8 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 7 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 7 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 7 |
| Claremont, US | 5 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 5 |
| FUVATESlocation not on record | 5 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 5 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 5 |
| Xiamen, CN | 5 |
| FUNEDlocation not on record | 5 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 5 |
| Davis, US | 5 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 5 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 5 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 5 |
| Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record | 4 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 4 |
| Londrina, BR | 4 |
| Universidade Federal de Juiz de Foralocation not on record | 4 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 4 |
| Mississippi State, US | 4 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 4 |
| La Paz, BO | 4 |
| CASlocation not on record | 3 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 3 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 3 |
| MAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Pelotas, BR | 3 |
| Lake Charles, US | 3 |
| San José, CR | 3 |
| JBPlocation not on record | 3 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 3 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Armidale, AU | 3 |
| Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| Grinnell Collegelocation not on record | 2 |
| Durango, MX | 2 |
| Brasília, BR | 2 |
| Adelaide, AU | 2 |
| Palmerston, AU | 2 |
| UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record | 2 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 2 |
| Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record | 2 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Smithfield, AU | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| ESALQlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 2 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 2 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 2 |
| Universidade Paulistalocation not on record | 2 |
| Maringá, BR | 2 |
| UDESC-CAVlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 1 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientaislocation not on record | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 1 |
| Universidade de São Paulolocation not on record | 1 |
| Miami, US | 1 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 1 |
| Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| PUC-RIOlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santiago de Cali, CO | 1 |
| UFSJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paranálocation not on record | 1 |
| Lima, PE | 1 |
| UEGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Calabar, NG | 1 |
| University of Oxfordlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNISANTAlocation not on record | 1 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| Universität Tübingenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| Glocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| IECOSlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFSMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Anton de Kom University of Surinamelocation not on record | 1 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Aarhus, DK | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 1 |
| Teresina, BR | 1 |
| INBIOlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade do Estado de Mato Grossolocation not on record | 1 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 1 |
| Universidade da Região de Joinville - Univillelocation not on record | 1 |
| HACAMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Seropédica, BR | 1 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-SLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 1 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Hygrophila costata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.