Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Fittonia albivenis
motelilo, mosaic plant, nerve plant, painted net leaf, snakeskinplant
Herb
Uso medicinal (POWO, 2022)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Scrophulariales
Family
Acanthaceae
Genus
Fittonia
Species
albivenis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Adelaster albivenis Lindl. ex Veitch
Taxon origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Year of first record: 2004
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Native and cultivated in Colombia; Alt. 200 - 400 m.; Amazonia, Pacífico. (POWO, 2022)
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276