Achimenes erecta(Lam.) H.P.Fuchs

WFO wfo-0000515993 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Achimenes erecta, photographed by Alan Rockefeller
fig. a Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-09-01 / obs. 24271723
Achimenes erecta, photographed by Alec McClay
fig. b Alec McClay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181607555
Achimenes erecta, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. c Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163867369
Achimenes erecta, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163357653
Achimenes erecta, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163357665
Achimenes erecta, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161738940
Achimenes erecta, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23388074
Achimenes erecta, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. h Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 9946895

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Achimenes erecta is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeColombiaCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Achimenes erecta, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 31 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Achimenes autumnalis Hort. ex Hanst.
  • Achimenes autumnalis Hanst.
  • Achimenes coccinea (Scop.) Pers.
  • Achimenes coccinea var. intermedia Hort. ex Paxton
  • Achimenes coccinea var. pyropaea (Lindl.) Hanst.
  • Achimenes coccinea var. rosea (Lindl.) Regel ex Hanst.
  • Achimenes coccinea var. superba Hort. ex Paxton
  • Achimenes coccinea var. vera Hanst.
  • Achimenes coccinea var. vera Romero Zarco
  • Achimenes humilis Meerb.
  • Achimenes pulchella (L'Hér.) Hitchc.
  • Achimenes pyropaea Lindl.
  • Achimenes rosea Lindl.
  • Achimenes rosea var. baumannii Hort. ex C.Morren
  • Achimenes rosea var. formosa Hort. ex C.Morren
  • Achimenes rosea var. major Hort. ex Paxton
  • Achimenes rosea var. pyropaea (Lindl.) Hanst. ex Oerst.
  • Achimenes tenella DC.
  • Buchnera coccinea Scop.
  • Columnea erecta Lam.
  • Columnea humilis Meerb.
  • Columnea humilis Lam. ex Steud.
  • Cyrilla pulchella L'Hér.
  • Gesneria acaulis Fl. Mex. ex DC.

and 7 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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