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Achimenes

noun

Any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias. Synonym: hot water plant.

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... Arnoseris. Tragopogon! Tragopogon! Rudbeckia! Senecio! Carlina. Bidens! Pyrethrum. Filago. Hedypnois. Cirsium. Lactuca. Campanulaceae. Prismatocarpus. Lobeliaceae. Jasione. Ericaceae. Azalea! Convolvulaceae. Convolvulus! Convolvulus! Calystegia! Scrophulariaceae. Scrophularia! Antirrhinum! Gesneraceae. Achimenes! Primulaceae. Primula! Primula! Cyclamen! Cyclamen! Plumbaginaceae. Armeria. Plantaginaceae. *Plantago! *Plantago! Polygonaceae. Polygonum! Euphorbiaceae. Euphorbia! Urticaceae. Ficus. Amentaceae. Corylus! Castanea! Castanea. Coniferae. *Larix! ...

— Vegetable Teratology - An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants • Maxwell T. Masters