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Fittonia (or nerve plant or mosaic plant) is a genus of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the acanthus ('bear’s britches') family, Acanthaceae. The genus is native to tropical and subtropical forested areas in northern and western South America, mainly Perú. [2] The most commonly cultivated species is F. albivenis and its range of ...
Fittonia albivenis is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to the rainforests of Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and northern Brazil. An evergreen perennial, it is notable for its dark green foliage with strongly contrasting white or red veins. It is commonly called nerve plant or mosaic plant.
Mosaic plant is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Fittonia albivenis, a plant with leaf veins contrasting in color with the rest of the leaf, giving it a mosaic-like appearance with irregular shapes; Ludwigia sedioides, an aquatic plant with clusters of floating rhomboid leaves, which have a tessellated mosaic-like appearance
zebra plant F Fittonia verschaffeltii nerve plant Bacterial diseases ... Plants affected: Mosaic Cucumber mosaic virus: A Mottle Bidens mottle virus: F
Acanthaceae (/ æ k æ n ˈ θ eɪ s iː ˌ aɪ,-s i ˌ i /) is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes.
Fittonia albivenis. Nerve or mosaic plant, said to produce vision of eyeballs Himbacine. Galbulimima belgraveana: Galbulimima belgraveana is rich in alkaloids and twenty-eight alkaloids have been isolated including himbacine. [citation needed] Glaucine. Glaucium flavum. Hallucinogenic effects. [136] Possibly Cryogenine [citation needed] Heimia ...
Fittonia gigantea is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical rainforest in Ecuador and Peru. [2] [3]
Therein, it is classified in the subtribe Justiciinae of tribe Ruellieae, making it a relative of such American genera as the mosaic plants , water-willows and wrightworts (Carlowrightia). Hypoestes comes from the Greek 'hypo' meaning under, and 'estia' meaning house. It refers to the way the flowers are hidden by the fused bracts. [1]