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Achimenes erecta | | Scientific classification | | | | Species | | See text. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (854x1464, 333 KB) Species Achimenes erecta Famuily Gesneriaceae From : Curtiss Botanical Magazine Credits : Text and images in this presentation are not copyrighted, and may be used with attribution to the National Agricultural Library, ARS, USDA File links The following pages...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta...
Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are the dominant and most familiar group of land plants. ...
Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ...
Families See text The Order Lamiales is a taxon in the asterid group of dicotyledonous flowering plants. ...
Genera See text. ...
| Achimenes is a genus of about 25 species of rhizomatous herbs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. They have a multitude of common names such as Magic Flowers, Widow's Tears, Cupid's Bower or Hot Water Plant. The plant's name comes from the Greek word meaning "suffer from cold." In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ...
In botany, a rhizome is a horizontal, usually underground stem of a plant that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. ...
Herbs: basil Herbs (IPA: hə(ɹ)b, or əɹb; see pronunciation differences) are plants grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. ...
Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are the dominant and most familiar group of land plants. ...
Genera See text. ...
The genus is native to Central America and the Caribbean, with the largest number of species occurring in Mexico. A complete list of the species, with their synonyms, can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Map of Central America Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. ...
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Recent phylogenetic studies have supported the segregation of the genus Eucodonia from Achimenes. In Taxonomy, a segregate, or a segregate taxon is a created when a taxon is divided into several more specific taxa. ...
- Selected species
- Achimenes grandiflora (Schiede) DC.
- Achimenes longiflora DC.
Cultivation Achimenes species and hybrids are commonly grown as greenhouse plants, or outdoors as bedding plants in subtropical regions. The species have been extensively hybridised, with many of the hybrids involving the large-flowered species A. grandiflora and A. longiflora. Many of the species and their hybrids have large, brightly coloured flowers. They are generally easy to grow as long as their basic requirements are met, a rich well-drained, bright indirect light, warmth, constant moisture, and high humidity. They have a winter dormancy and overwinter as scaly rhizomes, which should be kept dry until they sprout again in the spring. Some of the species and their hybrids are moderately hardy and can be grown outdoors year-round in zone 8, or even zone 7 with protection. // In biology, hybrid has two meanings. ...
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