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Taxon:  Fittonia albivenis (Lindl. ex Veitch) Brummitt



Summary
Genus:
Fittonia
Family:
Acanthaceae
Subfamily:
Acanthoideae
Tribe:
Justicieae
Nomen number:
404718
Place of publication:
Bot. Mag. 182:165, t. 788. 1979
Verified:
03/01/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Adelaster albivenis Lindl. ex Veitch

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fittonia argyroneura Coem.
Fittonia verschaffeltii (Lem.) Van Houtte
Fittonia verschaffeltii (Lem.) Van Houtte var. argyroneura (Coem.) Regel
Gymnostachyum verschaffeltii Lem.
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Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 1979. Fittonia albivenis: Acanthaceae. Bot. Mag. 182: t. 788.
  3. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
  4. Forzza, R. C. et al., coord. Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
  5. Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezuela.
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Fittoniaverschaffeltii (Lem.) Van Houtte
  7. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
  8. Llamas, K. A. 2003. Tropical flowering plants: a guide to identification and cultivation
  9. Wasshausen, D. C. & J. R. I. Wood. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 49:35.
Common names
English
mosaic-plant –
nerveplant –
silver fittonia –
silver netleaf –
silver netplant –
silver-nerve –
silver-threads –
snakeskinplant –
German
Silbernetzblatt –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAcre 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaMerida 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaNueva Esparta 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaLa Paz 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaPando 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorMorona Santiago 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorNapo 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPastaza 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAyacucho 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruHuánuco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLoreto 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruMadre de Dios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPuno 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martín 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruUcayali 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Southern America
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela [Merida, Nueva Esparta]
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre, Amazonas]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [La Paz, Pando], Colombia, Ecuador [Morona Santiago, Napo, Pastaza], Peru [Amazonas, Ayacucho, Huánuco, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Puno, San Martín, Ucayali]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalfide Hortus 3, as F. verschaffeltii; Dict Gard, as F. verschaffeltiiHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=404718. Accessed 2 May 2025.