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Accession Data:

Achimenes admirabilis Wiehler

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Gesneriaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: Oaxaca State, Mexico

  • Culture: summer rain climate

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201700034
  • Source: Jonathan Ertelt - Vanderbilt
  • Accession Date: 04-27-2017
  • Bench: 1301 - NEOA: East Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-14-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Gesneriaceae
  • SubFamily: Gesneroideae
  • Tribe: Gloxinieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Southwest

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, April 27, 2017.
  2. Achimenes admirabilis at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Thursday, April 27, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:51:29 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Achimenes admirabilis

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Subfamily Gesneroideae
Tribe Gloxinieae

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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