Fittonia albivenis
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Fittonia albivenis is a species of plant from the genus Fittonia ( Fittonia ) in the Acanthus family (Acanthaceae).
description
Fittonia albivenis is a perennial herbaceous plant that creeps on the ground. The leaves are ovate to oblong and 7 to 10 cm long; they are dark green with striking white stripes along the leaf veins . There are also forms in which the nerve is colored carmine-red.
The yellow flowers are in terminal spikes .
Distribution and location
The home of Fittonia albivenis is in tropical South America . Their distribution area extends over Peru , Ecuador , Colombia , Bolivia and northern Brazil .
The plant loves warmth and high humidity. Plants can be damaged even at winter temperatures below +16 ° C.
Systematics
The description under the current name of Fittonia albivenis by the English botanist Richard Kenneth Brummitt was published in 1979. Synonyms are Adelaster albivenis Lindl. ex hort. Veitch , Fittonia argyroneura Coem. , Fittonia verschaffeltii ( Lem. ) Van Houtte , Fittonia verschaffeltii var. Argyroneura ( Coem. ) Regel and Gymnostachyum verschaffeltii Lem. .
The name Fittonia verschaffeltii in particular is still widely used today.
use
The leaves of this kind are prepared as tea in the north-western part of the Amazon region and used for toothache.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fittonia albivenis. In: GRIN Taxonomy for Plants.
- ↑ Bot. Mag. 182: 165, t. 788. 1979; quoted according to GRIN Taxonomy for Plants.
literature
- Rob Herwig: House Plants. The complete guide to living with greenery. Lexicographical Institute, Munich 1987.
- Rob Herwig: Parey's House Plant Encyclopedia. Edited by Richard Maatsch. Parey, Berlin / Hamburg 1983, ISBN 3-489-61024-5 .
