Heliconia hirsuta

Taxonavigation

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

Heliconia hirsuta L.f., 1781

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).

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.

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Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Heliconia hirsuta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Heliconia hirsuta. Published online. Accessed: Oct 08 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Heliconia hirsuta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Oct 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Heliconia hirsuta. 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 08. Reference page.
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