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Achimenes Skinneri
''Achimenes'' is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial 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. Etymology According to some authorities, the plant's name may come from the Greek word ''cheimanos'' meaning "tender" or "sensitive to cold." Range and taxonomy The genus is native to Mexico and Central America, with one species (''A. erecta'') occurring naturally in the West Indies. The largest number of species is found in Mexico. Several species and hybrids are widely cultivated and naturalized outside their native range. A complete list of the species, with their synonyms and geographic distributions, can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Two species previously included in ''Achimenes'' are now classified in the segregation genus '' Eucodonia'' and several phylogenetic studies have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Hendrik Persoon
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an immigrant Pomeranian father and Dutch mother. His mother died soon after he was born; at the age of thirteen his father (who died a year later) sent him to Europe for his education. Education Initially studying theology at Halle, at age 22 (in 1784) Persoon switched to medicine at Leiden and Göttingen. He received a doctorate from the "Kaiserlich-Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher" in 1799. Later years He moved to Paris in 1802, where he spent the rest of his life, renting an upper floor of a house in a poor part of town. He was apparently unemployed, unmarried, poverty-stricken and a recluse, although he corresponded with botanists throughout Europe. Because of his financial difficulties, Persoon agreed to do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achimenes Elota
''Achimenes'' is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial 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. Etymology According to some authorities, the plant's name may come from the Greek word ''cheimanos'' meaning "tender" or "sensitive to cold." Range and taxonomy The genus is native to Mexico and Central America, with one species (''A. erecta'') occurring naturally in the West Indies. The largest number of species is found in Mexico. Several species and hybrids are widely cultivated and naturalized outside their native range. A complete list of the species, with their synonyms and geographic distributions, can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Two species previously included in ''Achimenes'' are now classified in the segregation genus '' Eucodonia'' and several phylogenetic studies have s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achimenes Occidentalis
''Achimenes'' is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial 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. Etymology According to some authorities, the plant's name may come from the Greek word ''cheimanos'' meaning "tender" or "sensitive to cold." Range and taxonomy The genus is native to Mexico and Central America, with one species (''A. erecta'') occurring naturally in the West Indies. The largest number of species is found in Mexico. Several species and hybrids are widely cultivated and naturalized outside their native range. A complete list of the species, with their synonyms and geographic distributions, can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Two species previously included in ''Achimenes'' are now classified in the segregation genus '' Eucodonia'' and several phylogenetic studies have s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achimenes Obscura
''Achimenes'' is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial 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. Etymology According to some authorities, the plant's name may come from the Greek word ''cheimanos'' meaning "tender" or "sensitive to cold." Range and taxonomy The genus is native to Mexico and Central America, with one species (''A. erecta'') occurring naturally in the West Indies. The largest number of species is found in Mexico. Several species and hybrids are widely cultivated and naturalized outside their native range. A complete list of the species, with their synonyms and geographic distributions, can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Two species previously included in ''Achimenes'' are now classified in the segregation genus '' Eucodonia'' and several phylogenetic studies have s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achimenes Nayaritensis
''Achimenes'' is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial 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. Etymology According to some authorities, the plant's name may come from the Greek word ''cheimanos'' meaning "tender" or "sensitive to cold." Range and taxonomy The genus is native to Mexico and Central America, with one species (''A. erecta'') occurring naturally in the West Indies. The largest number of species is found in Mexico. Several species and hybrids are widely cultivated and naturalized outside their native range. A complete list of the species, with their synonyms and geographic distributions, can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Two species previously included in ''Achimenes'' are now classified in the segregation genus '' Eucodonia'' and several phylogenetic studies have s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achimenes Misera
''Achimenes'' is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial 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. Etymology According to some authorities, the plant's name may come from the Greek word ''cheimanos'' meaning "tender" or "sensitive to cold." Range and taxonomy The genus is native to Mexico and Central America, with one species (''A. erecta'') occurring naturally in the West Indies. The largest number of species is found in Mexico. Several species and hybrids are widely cultivated and naturalized outside their native range. A complete list of the species, with their synonyms and geographic distributions, can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Two species previously included in ''Achimenes'' are now classified in the segregation genus '' Eucodonia'' and several phylogenetic studies have s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achimenes Mexicana
''Achimenes'' is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial 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. Etymology According to some authorities, the plant's name may come from the Greek word ''cheimanos'' meaning "tender" or "sensitive to cold." Range and taxonomy The genus is native to Mexico and Central America, with one species (''A. erecta'') occurring naturally in the West Indies. The largest number of species is found in Mexico. Several species and hybrids are widely cultivated and naturalized outside their native range. A complete list of the species, with their synonyms and geographic distributions, can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Two species previously included in ''Achimenes'' are now classified in the segregation genus '' Eucodonia'' and several phylogenetic studies have s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achimenes Longiflora
''Achimenes longiflora'' has many common names including Cupid's bow, nut-orchid, and magic flower. It can grow up to long, arising from small rhizomes. The hairy leaves have saw toothed edges and can be up to long and wide. The flowers are produced from June to October and are usually blue with a white throat. They can be quite large – up to long and across. This flor de peña (rock flower) was collected and documented in late summer blooming on embankments and along roadsides at intermediate elevations in Guatemala in the 1970s by Carol Rogers Chickering.Flowers of Guatemala, University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ... Press1973 References Gesnerioideae Plants described in 1839 {{Gesneriaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achimenes Hintoniana
''Achimenes'' is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial 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. Etymology According to some authorities, the plant's name may come from the Greek word ''cheimanos'' meaning "tender" or "sensitive to cold." Range and taxonomy The genus is native to Mexico and Central America, with one species (''A. erecta'') occurring naturally in the West Indies. The largest number of species is found in Mexico. Several species and hybrids are widely cultivated and naturalized outside their native range. A complete list of the species, with their synonyms and geographic distributions, can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Two species previously included in ''Achimenes'' are now classified in the segregation genus '' Eucodonia'' and several phylogenetic studies have s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achimenes Heterophylla
''Achimenes'' is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial 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. Etymology According to some authorities, the plant's name may come from the Greek word ''cheimanos'' meaning "tender" or "sensitive to cold." Range and taxonomy The genus is native to Mexico and Central America, with one species (''A. erecta'') occurring naturally in the West Indies. The largest number of species is found in Mexico. Several species and hybrids are widely cultivated and naturalized outside their native range. A complete list of the species, with their synonyms and geographic distributions, can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Two species previously included in ''Achimenes'' are now classified in the segregation genus '' Eucodonia'' and several phylogenetic studies have s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achimenes Grandiflora
''Achimenes grandiflora'' (Schltdl.) DC.DeCandolle, A. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 7(2): 536. 1839. is a plant species in the genus ''Achimenes'', family Gesneriaceae Gesneriaceae, the gesneriad family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of about 152 genera and ca. 3,540 species in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World (almost all Didymocarpoideae) and the New World (most Gesnerioideae), with .... It is native to Mexico and Central America, growing in mountainous regions from Chihuahua to Nicaragua. It is cultivated as an ornamental in other places because of its showy purple flowers. References Gesnerioideae Flora of Mexico Flora of Guatemala Flora of Nicaragua Flora of Honduras Plants described in 1833 {{Gesneriaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achimenes Glabrata
''Achimenes'' is a genus of about 25 species of tropical and subtropical rhizomatous perennial 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. Etymology According to some authorities, the plant's name may come from the Greek word ''cheimanos'' meaning "tender" or "sensitive to cold." Range and taxonomy The genus is native to Mexico and Central America, with one species (''A. erecta'') occurring naturally in the West Indies. The largest number of species is found in Mexico. Several species and hybrids are widely cultivated and naturalized outside their native range. A complete list of the species, with their synonyms and geographic distributions, can be found in the Smithsonian Institution's World Checklist of Gesneriaceae. Two species previously included in ''Achimenes'' are now classified in the segregation genus '' Eucodonia'' and several phylogenetic studies have s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |