Fittonia gigantea — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Acanthaceae/Fittonia

At a glance

Occurrence records6

Data sources5

Biological traits8

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Fittonia gigantea's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF6 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 36

01Narrative

Fittonia gigantea is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical rainforest in South America, mainly Peru.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life formsubshrub

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Fittonia gigantea has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Fittonia gigantea carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 36 n = 18

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 361×CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-fedorov — Takizawa Y. 1957

n 181×CCDB · Cave1957

CCDB · Cave1957 — Takizawa

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type6 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO20 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 5 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence5

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Saint Louis, US	2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	2
Chicago, US	1

3 institutions · 5 of 5 vouchered records shown