Genus Achimenes Pers.


Summary
Genus number:
73
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Gesneriaceae
Subfamily:
Gesnerioideae
Tribe:
Gesnerieae
Subtribe:
Gloxiniinae
Accession count:

14 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons., Madrid ICN Art. 14.10 & App. III) over the earlier homonym (Madrid ICN Art. 53) Achimenes P. Browne, nom. rej.


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References:
  1. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  2. Roalson, E. H. et al. 2005. Reorganization of tribal and generic boundaries in the Gloxinieae (Gesneriaceae: Gesnerioideae) and the description of a new tribe in the Gesnerioideae, Sphaerorrhizeae. Selbyana 25:225-226.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=73. Accessed 10 May 2026.