Heliconia hirsuta

Heliconia hirsuta
Heliconia hirsuta

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 hirsuta

Name

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Heliconia hirsuta L.f., 1781

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Bihai hirsuta (L.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 684 (1891).
  • Heterotypic
    • Thalia nemorosa Willd. ex Link, Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 22 (1820).
    • Limnocharis haenkei C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 88 (1825).
    • Heliconia bicolor Klotzsch, Linnaea 20: 465 (1847), nom. illeg.
    • Heliconia cannoidea var. villosa Petersen in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 23 (1890).
    • Bihai harrisiana Griggs, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 328 (1915).
    • Bihai straminea Griggs, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 327 (1915).
    • Heliconia hirsuta var. villosula Loes., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 117: 13 (1916).
    • Heliconia straminea (Griggs) Standl., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 162 (1927).
    • Heliconia cardenasii L.B.Sm., Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 5 (1939).
    • Heliconia harrisiana (Griggs) L.B.Sm., Contr. Gray Herb. 124: 6 (1939).
    • Heliconia burle-marxii Emygdio, Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio de Janeiro, Bot., n.s., 16: 1 (1957).
    • Heliconia costanensis Aristeg., Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 25: 208 (1964).
    • Heliconia hirsuta var. rubriflora R.R.Sm., Phytologia 36: 258 (1977).
    • Heliconia cararensis Abalo & G.Morales, Phytologia 51: 20 (1982).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast, Paraguay
    • Regional: Central America
      • Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
    • Regional: Western South America
      • Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central
    • Regional: Northern South America
      • Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
    • Introduced into:
      • Jamaica, Windward Is.

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. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Govaerts, R. 2004. World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1–54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page
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Vernacular names

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español: Bijao, isira, platanillo fosforito
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