Achimenes

Classification of Achimenes

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Genus:	Achimenes

A genus of herbaceous, tuberous-rooted, showy flowering plants; flowering during the rains, flowers with mauve, white, purple, pale-blue shades; suitable for hanging pots and shady borders; propagated by tubers.

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