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Heliconia hirsuta

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Wikipedia Abstract

Heliconia hirsuta (syn., ) is a species of flowering plant in the Heliconiaceae family. This plant is an erect herb up to 2 m tall, and it is native to Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, from Belize to Trinidad to Argentina.
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Infraspecies

Heliconia hirsuta var. hirsuta
Heliconia hirsuta var. rubiflora

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cayambe-Coca Ecological Reserve VI 921676 Ecuador  
Sierra del Divisor Reserve Zone 3652986 Peru      

Predators

Leptoscelis tricolor (Heliconia Bug)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Leptoscelis tricolor Westwood (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae), Christine W. Miller, University of Florida, November 2011. Latest revision: December 2014
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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