Heliconia bihai
Heliconia bihai

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Zingiberales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Heliconiaceae
Genus: Heliconia
Species: Heliconia bihai

Name

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Heliconia bihai (L.) L., 1771

Synonyms

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  • Bihai bihai (L.) Griggs, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club., 445 (1904)
  • Bihai distans (Griggs) Griggs, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club., 445 (1904)
  • Bihai purpurea (Griggs) Griggs, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club., 445 (1904)
  • Bihai rutila (Griggs) Griggs, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club., 445 (1904)
  • Heliconia aureo-striata Hort. ex, Bull. Cat. (1881) 18
  • Heliconia distans Griggs, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 657 (1903)
  • Heliconia nigrescens Jacq., Hort Schoenb. 1: 25 (1797)
  • Heliconia purpurea Griggs, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 656 (1903)
  • Heliconia rutila Griggs, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 657 (1903)
  • Heliconia schaeferiana Rodriguez, Acta Biol. Venezuela. 1: 209-212 (1954)
  • Heliconia striata Hort.Veitch, ex Fl. des Serres, 23: (1880) t. 2416-17
  • Heliconia variegata Jacq., Hort. Schoenb. 1: 25 (1797)
  • Musa bihai L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1043 (1753)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Brazil North
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
    • Regional: Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
    • Introduced into:
      • Hawaii, Jamaica, Thailand

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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Vernacular names

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English: macawflower
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