Achimenes longifloraDC.

WFO wfo-0000516038 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Achimenes longiflora, photographed by Francisco Emilio Roldán Velasco
fig. a Francisco Emilio Roldán Velasco, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-05 / obs. 159748624
Achimenes longiflora, photographed by Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez
fig. b Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92297274
Achimenes longiflora, photographed by adel-fridus
fig. c adel-fridus, CC0 1.0 / obs. 27271801
Achimenes longiflora, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. d Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1681855
Achimenes longiflora, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. e Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30109773
Achimenes longiflora, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. f Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163363792
Achimenes longiflora, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159650932
Achimenes longiflora, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. h Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159650895

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Achimenes longiflora is native: Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panamá Mexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestColombiaCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasPanamá
Native distribution of Achimenes longiflora, 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
Colombia CLM SOUTHERN AMERICA
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Panamá PAN
Mexico Southeast MXT NORTHERN AMERICA
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 25 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 ilicifolia Hort. ex Vis.
  • Achimenes jaureguia Warsz. ex Haage
  • Achimenes kleei Hort. ex Paxton
  • Achimenes longiflora subsp. latifolia Hort. ex C.Morren
  • Achimenes longiflora var. alba Haage
  • Achimenes longiflora var. albida Hanst.
  • Achimenes longiflora var. ilicifolia Regel ex Hanst.
  • Achimenes longiflora var. jauregiana Hanst.
  • Achimenes longiflora var. latifolia Hanst.
  • Achimenes longiflora var. major Hort. ex Henderson
  • Achimenes longiflora var. margaritae Klotzsch ex Hanst.
  • Achimenes longiflora var. nobilis Hanst.
  • Achimenes longiflora var. rosea Hanst.
  • Achimenes longiflora var. sessilis Klotzsch ex Hanst.
  • Achimenes longiflora var. vera Hanst.
  • Achimenes margarita Voss
  • Achimenes margaritae Warsz. & Hanst.
  • Achimenes pauciflora Oerst.
  • Gesneria longiflora Sessé & Moç.
  • Gesneria longiflora Fl. Mex. ex DC.
  • Gesneria uniflora DC.
  • Trevirana longiflora (DC.) D.Dietr.
  • Trevirana longiflora var. ilicifolia Hort. ex Vis.
  • Trevirana longiflora var. latifolia Regel

and 1 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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