Fittonia albivenis (Lindl. ex Veitch) Brummitt
First published in Bot. Mag. 182: 165 (1979)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and has environmental uses.
Distribution
Native to:
Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
Introduced into:
Bangladesh, El Salvador, Marianas, Myanmar, Trinidad-Tobago
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Adelaster albivenis Lindl. ex Veitch in Gard. Chron. 1861: 499 (1861)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Adelaster albovenosus Jacob-Makoy in Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 33 (1870)
- Eranthemum rubronervium J.J.Veitch in Gard. Chron. 1863: 695 (1863)
- Eranthemum rubrovenium J.J.Veitch in Cat. New Beautiful Pl. 1863: 10 (1863)
- Eranthemum verschaffeltii (Lem.) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 812 (1894)
- Fittonia argyroneura Coem. in Ann. Gén. Hort. 16: 103 (1866)
- Fittonia metallica Jacob-Makoy in Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 37 (1870)
- Fittonia pearcei (H.J.Veitch) Verschaff. in Nursery Cat. (Ambroise Verschaffelt) 82: 5 (1868)
- Fittonia verschaffeltii (Lem.) Van Houtte in J. Gén. Hort. 15: 186 (1865)
- Fittonia verschaffeltii var. argyroneura (Coem.) Regel in Gartenflora 18: 259 (1869)
- Gymnostachyum argyroneurum (Coem.) J.Verschaff. in Nursery Cat. (Jean Verschaffelt) 11: 3, 12 (1868)
- Gymnostachyum pearcei H.J.Veitch in Gard. Chron. 1867: 458 (1867)
- Gymnostachyum verschaffeltii Lem. in Ill. Hort. 10: t. 372 (1863)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
- GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Burkill HM. (1995). The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols. 1-3. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vols 1-3.
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
- GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
- GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
- Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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41920.000 | No | ||||
41954.000 | No | ||||
Spruce, R. [4524], Peru | K000202081 | Yes | |||
Spruce, R. [4524], Peru | K000202082 | Yes | |||
Brummit, R.K. [15028] | K000884345 | Yes | |||
Ule, E. [5458], Brazil | K001046288 | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
- ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- ColPlantA database
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0