Hemianthus callitrichoides

Hemianthus callitrichoides (also known as dwarf baby tears, cuba or simply the initials HC) is a semi-aquatic plant in the family Linderniaceae. The plant is endemic to West Indies, where it is native to the islands of The Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.[1] In The Bahamas, this species known as "water-starwort".[1]

Hemianthus callitrichoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Hemianthus
Species:
H. callitrichoides
Binomial name
Hemianthus callitrichoides

This species is commonly used as a foreground or carpeting plant in planted aquariums. When used in aquascaping, this species is known to have relatively high light and CO₂ requirements. Once planted, each portion will produce runners which basically are individual stems that branch off and grow along the substrate.[2]

Hemianthus callitrichoides was first collected by Holger Windeløv and Eusebio Canicio Delgado Pérez[citation needed] in 2003 in Las Pozas, Cuba, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) east of Havana. Unlike the related Hemianthus micranthemoides, H. callitrichoides is thought to be native only to Cuba.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro; Strong, Mark T. (2012). "Catalogue of Seed Plants of the West Indies". Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 98: 1–1192. doi:10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1. hdl:10088/17551.
  2. ^ "Dwarf Baby Tears Care". Sean Ben. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Hemianthus callitrichoides "Cuba" – a beautiful carpet". Tropica.com. Retrieved 17 August 2012.