A new species of Achimenes Persoon, A. hintoniana, is described from western Mexico and distinguished from the closely related A. mexicana by the pilose indumentum of the stem, leaves, and pedicels, the linear-lanceolate calyx lobes, and the slightly saccate purple or rarely white corolla.
Novae Gesneriaceae Neotropicarum X: A New Species of Achimenes from Mexico
Publication: Novon
Year: 2002
Genera:
Achimenes