Biology:Fittonia gigantea
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Short description: Species of plant
| Fittonia gigantea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Fittonia |
| Species: | F. gigantea
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| Binomial name | |
| Fittonia gigantea Linden[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Gymnostachyum giganteum Hort. ex L. H. Bailey | |
Fittonia gigantea is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical rainforest in South America, mainly Peru.[2]
Characteristics
The perennials reach heights of 60 to 80 centimetres. Fittonia gigantea is evergreen. The simple leaves are opposite. They are ovate, entire and petiolate. Fittonia gigantea produces spikes of white labiate flowers, and later loculicidal capsules.
References
- ↑ "International Plant Names Index". https://www.ipni.org/n/48995-1.
- ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
Wikidata ☰ Q15324527 entry
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