Heliconia indica

Heliconia indica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Familia: Heliconiaceae
Genus: Heliconia
Subgenus: H. subg. Heliconiopsis
Species: Heliconia indica
Varietas: H. i. var. austrocaledonica – H. i. var. dennisiana – H. i. var. indica – H. i. var. micholitzii – H. i. var. rubricarpa

Name

Heliconia indica Lam., Encycl. 1: 426. 1785.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Heliconia buccinata Roxb., Hort. Bengal.: 19 (1814).
  • Heliconiopsis amboinensis Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 590 (1859), nom. superfl.
  • Heliconiopsis indica (Lam.) Nakai, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 21 (1948).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Southeastern Asia Bismarck Archipelago, Maluku, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Vanuatu References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1783–1785. Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Tome 1. XLIV+752 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 1: 426.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. 2004. World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1–54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Heliconia indica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 09. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Heliconia indica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Heliconia indica. Published online. Accessed: Oct 09 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Heliconia indica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Oct 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Heliconia indica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 09. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Heliconia indica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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