Achimenes erecta
Achimenes heterophylla
(Mart.) DC. Species
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- Botanical name
- Achimenes heterophylla
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Genus
- Achimenes
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Achimenes heterophylla
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Achimenes heterophylla but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Achimenes ghiesbrechtii
Achimenes ignescens
Achimenes tyrianthina
Achimenes tyrianthina
Guthnickia tyrianthina
Locheria heterophylla
Locheria ignescens
Locheria ignescens
Trevirana heterophylla
Others in Achimenes
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