Houttuynia cordata

TaxID: 16752

Basic Information

Houttuynia cordata

Chameleon, Chameleon-plant, chameleon-plant

Houttuynia cordata, also known as fish mint, fish leaf, rainbow plant, chameleon plant, heart leaf, fish wort, or Chinese lizard tail, is one of two species in the genus Houttuynia (the other being H. emeiensis). It is a flowering plant native to Southeast Asia. It grows in moist, shady locations. It was named after Martinus Houttuyn.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Piperales

Saururaceae

Houttuynia

cordata

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Photos (5 photos)

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Houttuynia cordata
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(c) Jacek Pietruszewski@BY
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(c) Meghan Still@BY-NC
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Houttuynia cordata
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(c) Merav Vonshak@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (0 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

No quarantine status records available.

Distribution (52 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Country Status State
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Brazil Present —
Bhutan Present —
Cambodia Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
China Present
Costa Rica Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature