Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Zingiberales > Heliconiaceae > Heliconia > Heliconia platystachys

Heliconia platystachys (false bird of paradise)

Synonyms: Bihai platystachys (homotypic); Heliconia catheta; Heliconia tridentata

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low

Predators

Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[2]
Leptoscelis tricolor (Heliconia Bug)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3Leptoscelis tricolor Westwood (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae), Christine W. Miller, University of Florida, November 2011. Latest revision: December 2014
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