Achimenes longiflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Achimenes longiflora DC., 1839

Achimenes ilicifolia Hort. ex Vis., nom. nud. pro syn.
Achimenes jaureguia Warsz. ex Haage, Fl. des Serres, Ser. I. 5: (1849) t. 536
Achimenes kleei Paxton, Mag. Bot. 16: (1849) 289, non Otto ex Regel
Achimenes longiflora var. alba Haage
Achimenes longiflora var. albida Hanst.
Achimenes longiflora var. ilicifolia Regel ex Hanst.
Achimenes longiflora var. latifolia Hort. ex C.Morren
Achimenes longiflora var. major Hort. ex Hend.
Achimenes longiflora var. margaritae Klotzsch ex Hanst.
Achimenes longiflora var. nobilis Hanst.
Achimenes longiflora var. sessilis Klotzsch ex Hanst.
Achimenes longiflora var. tugwelliana S.Moore ex S.Moore & Ayres
Achimenes margarita Voss, Vilmorin´s Blumeng., ed. 3, Sieber & Voss, 1: 791 (1895)
Achimenes pauciflora Oerst., Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. V. 5: 91 (1861)
Achimenes tyrianthina Lem.
Achimenes tyrianthina Voss
Gesneria longiflora Moc. & Sessé ex DC., Prod. 7: 536
Trevirana longiflora (DC.) D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 3: 568
Trevirana longiflora var. ilicifolia Hort. ex Vis., nom. nud.
Trevirana longiflora var. latifolia Regel, nom. nud. pro syn.
Trevirana longiflora var. rosea Regel

Native distribution areas:

Continental Southern America
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá
Continental Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Assam, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

De Candolle, A.P. 1839 ["1838"]. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 7, Sistens Compositarum tribus ultimas et ordinis Mantissam. 801 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 7:536.

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Baksh-Comeau, Y.S, Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D. (†), Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. 2016. An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250(1): 1–431. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.250.1.1 . Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Achimenes longiflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 06. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Achimenes longiflora. Published online. Accessed: Sep 06 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Achimenes longiflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 Sep 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Achimenes longiflora. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sep 06. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Achimenes longiflora. Accessed: 06 Sep 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Achimenes longiflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: Cupid's bow, nut-orchid, magic flower