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Heliconia (heliconia)

Synonyms: Bihai; Heliconiopsis; Palilia

Wikipedia Abstract

Heliconia, derived from the Greek word helikonios, is a genus of flowering plants in the Heliconiaceae. Most of the ca 194 known species are native to the tropical Americas, but a few are indigenous to certain islands of the western Pacific and Maluku. Many species of Heliconia are found in rainforests or tropical wet forests of these regions. Several species are widely cultivated as ornamentals, and a few are naturalized in Florida, Gambia and Thailand. Common names for the genus include lobster-claws, wild plantains or false bird-of-paradise. The last term refers to their close similarity to the bird-of-paradise flowers (Strelitzia). Collectively, these plants are also simply referred to as heliconias.
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Species

Heliconia abaloi (Attributes)
Heliconia acuminata (Attributes)
Heliconia adeliana
Heliconia adflexa (Attributes)
Heliconia aemygdiana (Attributes)
Heliconia albicosta (Attributes)
Heliconia angelica (Attributes)
Heliconia angusta (Attributes)
Heliconia apparicioi (Attributes)
Heliconia arabica
Heliconia arrecta (Attributes)
Heliconia atratensis (Attributes)
Heliconia atropurpurea (Attributes)
Heliconia aurantiaca (Attributes)
Heliconia aurea
Heliconia aureostriata
Heliconia auriculata (Attributes)
Heliconia badilloi (Attributes)
Heliconia bahai <Unverified Name>
Heliconia barryana (Attributes)
Heliconia beckneri (Attributes)
Heliconia bella (Attributes)
Heliconia berguidoi
Heliconia berriziana (Attributes)
Heliconia berryi (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia bihai (macawflower) (Attributes)
Heliconia bourgaeana (Attributes)
Heliconia brachyantha (Attributes)
Heliconia brenneri (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia burleana (Attributes)
Heliconia calatheaphylla (Attributes)
Heliconia calatheiphylla
Heliconia calathephylla
Heliconia caquetensis (Attributes)
Heliconia carajaensis (Attributes)
Heliconia caribaea (lobsterclaw) (Attributes)
Heliconia carmelae (Attributes)
Heliconia chartacea (Attributes)
Heliconia chrysocraspeda (Attributes)
Heliconia clinophila (Attributes)
Heliconia colgantea (Attributes)
Heliconia collinsiana (platanillo) (Attributes)
Heliconia combinata (Attributes)
Heliconia cordata (Attributes)
Heliconia crassa (Attributes)
Heliconia cristata (Attributes)
Heliconia cucullata (Attributes)
Heliconia curtispatha (Attributes)
Heliconia danielsiana (Attributes)
Heliconia darienensis (Attributes)
Heliconia dasyantha (Attributes)
Heliconia densiflora (Attributes)
Heliconia dielsiana (Attributes)
Heliconia donstonea (Attributes)
Heliconia ecuadoriensis
Heliconia episcopalis (Attributes)
Heliconia estherae (Attributes)
Heliconia estiletioides (Attributes)
Heliconia excelsa (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia farinosa (Attributes)
Heliconia faunorum (Attributes)
Heliconia ferdinandi-coburgii
Heliconia fernandezii (Attributes)
Heliconia flabellata (Attributes)
Heliconia foreroi (Attributes)
Heliconia fragilis (Attributes)
Heliconia fredberryana (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia fugax (Attributes)
Heliconia gaiboriana (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia gaiborniana
Heliconia gigantea (Attributes)
Heliconia gilbertiana
Heliconia glauca
Heliconia gloriosa (Attributes)
Heliconia gracilis (Attributes)
Heliconia griggsiana (Attributes)
Heliconia harlingii (Attributes)
Heliconia hirsuta (Attributes)
Heliconia holmquistiana (Attributes)
Heliconia huilensis (Attributes)
Heliconia ignescens (Attributes)
Heliconia imbricata (Attributes)
Heliconia impudica (Attributes)
Heliconia indica (Attributes)
Heliconia intermedia (Attributes)
Heliconia irrasa (wild plantain) (Attributes)
Heliconia johanii
Heliconia julianae
Heliconia juliani
Heliconia juruana (Attributes)
Heliconia kautzkiana (Attributes)
Heliconia lanata (Attributes)
Heliconia lankesteri (Attributes)
Heliconia lasiorachis (Attributes)
Heliconia latispatha (expanded lobsterclaw) (Attributes)
Heliconia laufao (Attributes)
Heliconia laxa (Attributes)
Heliconia lentiginosa (Attributes)
Heliconia librata (Attributes)
Heliconia lingulata (Attributes)
Heliconia litana (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia longa (Attributes)
Heliconia longevaginata
Heliconia longiflora (Attributes)
Heliconia lophocarpa (Attributes)
Heliconia lourteigiae (Attributes)
Heliconia lozanoi (Attributes)
Heliconia luciae (Attributes)
Heliconia lutea (Attributes)
Heliconia lutheri (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia maculata (Attributes)
Heliconia magnifica (Attributes)
Heliconia mantenensis (Attributes)
Heliconia marginata (Attributes)
Heliconia mariae (Attributes)
Heliconia mariae-augustae
Heliconia markiana (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia mathiasiae (Attributes)
Heliconia mathiasii
Heliconia meridensis (Attributes)
Heliconia metallica (shining bird of paradise) (Attributes)
Heliconia mincana
Heliconia montana
Heliconia monteverdensis (Attributes)
Heliconia mooreana (Attributes)
Heliconia mucilagina (Attributes)
Heliconia mucronata (Attributes)
Heliconia mutisiana (Attributes)
Heliconia nariniensis (Attributes)
Heliconia necrobracteata (Attributes)
Heliconia nickeriensis (Attributes)
Heliconia nigripraefixa (Attributes)
Heliconia nitens
Heliconia nitida (Attributes)
Heliconia nubigena (Attributes)
Heliconia nutans (Attributes)
Heliconia obscura (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia obscuroides (Attributes)
Heliconia oleosa (Attributes)
Heliconia orthotricha
Heliconia osaensis (Attributes)
Heliconia pabstii
Heliconia paka (Attributes)
Heliconia paludigena (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia papuana (Attributes)
Heliconia pardoi (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia pastazae (Attributes)
Heliconia paulii
Heliconia peckenpaughii (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia pendula (Attributes)
Heliconia penduloides (Attributes)
Heliconia peteriana (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia plagiotropa (Attributes)
Heliconia platystachys (false bird of paradise) (Attributes)
Heliconia pogonantha (Attributes)
Heliconia pruinosa (Attributes)
Heliconia pseudoaemygdiana (Attributes)
Heliconia psittacorum (parakeetflower) (Attributes)
Heliconia ramonensis (Attributes)
Heliconia rauliniana (Attributes)
Heliconia regalis (Attributes)
Heliconia reptans (Attributes)
Heliconia reticulata (Attributes)
Heliconia revoluta (Attributes)
Heliconia rhodantha (Attributes)
Heliconia richardiana (Attributes)
Heliconia rigida (Attributes)
Heliconia riopalenquensis (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia rivularis (Attributes)
Heliconia robertoi (Attributes)
Heliconia robusta (Attributes)
Heliconia rodriguensis (Attributes)
Heliconia rodriguezii (Attributes)
Heliconia rostrata (false bird of paradise) (Attributes)
Heliconia rubra
Heliconia samperiana
Heliconia sanctae-theresae (Attributes)
Heliconia santaremensis (Attributes)
Heliconia sarapiquensis (Attributes)
Heliconia scarlatina (Attributes)
Heliconia schiedeana (Attributes)
Heliconia schumanniana (Attributes)
Heliconia sclerotricha (Attributes)
Heliconia secunda (Attributes)
Heliconia sessilis (Attributes)
Heliconia signa-hispanica (Attributes)
Heliconia solomonensis (Attributes)
Heliconia spathocircinata (Attributes)
Heliconia spiralis (Attributes)
Heliconia spissa (Attributes)
Heliconia standleyi (Attributes)
Heliconia stella-maris (Attributes)
Heliconia stilesii (Attributes)
Heliconia stricta (Attributes)
Heliconia subulata (Guatemalan bird of paradise) (Attributes)
Heliconia sucrei (Attributes)
Heliconia sylvicola
Heliconia tacarcunae (Attributes)
Heliconia tacarunae
Heliconia talamancana (Attributes)
Heliconia tandayapensis (Attributes)
Heliconia tenebrosa (Attributes)
Heliconia terciopela (Attributes)
Heliconia thomasiana (Attributes)
Heliconia timothei (Attributes)
Heliconia titanum (Attributes)
Heliconia tortuosa (Attributes)
Heliconia trichocarpa (Attributes)
Heliconia triflora (Attributes)
Heliconia triumphans
Heliconia umbrophila (Attributes)
Heliconia uxpanapensis (Attributes)
Heliconia vaginalis (wild plantain) (Attributes)
Heliconia vellerigera (Attributes)
Heliconia velutina (Attributes)
Heliconia venusta (Attributes)
Heliconia veracruzensis
Heliconia villosa (Attributes)
Heliconia virginalis (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Heliconia viridis
Heliconia wagneriana (Attributes)
Heliconia willisiana (Attributes)
Heliconia wilsonii (Attributes)
Heliconia xanthovillosa (Attributes)
Heliconia xnickeriensis
Heliconia zebrina (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0