Genus: Fittonia
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Two species cultivated.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
Fittonia gigantea
Native to Ecuador. |
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Fittonia verschaffeltii
Native from Colombia to Brazil. |
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Publications
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Retief, E. & Reyneke, W.F. 1984. The genus
Thunbergia in southern Africa. Bothalia 15, 1 & 2:
107-116.
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