Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Zingiberales > Heliconiaceae > Heliconia > Heliconia vaginalis

Heliconia vaginalis (wild plantain)

Synonyms: Heliconia deflexa; Heliconia vaginalis vaginalis

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Braulio Carrillo National Park II 117843 Costa Rica  
Guanacaste National Park II 85819 Costa Rica  
Rara Avis Rainforest Reserve 3163 Costa Rica
Tortuguero National Park II 47632 Costa Rica
Volcán Tenorio National Park II 31877 Costa Rica

Predators

Leptoscelis tricolor (Heliconia Bug)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

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
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