Heliconia latispatha
| Heliconia latispatha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Heliconiaceae |
| Genus: | Heliconia |
| Species: | H. latispatha |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliconia latispatha Benth. | |
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Heliconia latispatha (expanded lobsterclaw)[2] is a plant species native to southern Mexico (Tabasco, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche), Central America and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru) and naturalized in Florida and Jamaica.[1] It is an herb up to 4 m tall, with leaves resembling those of bananas. Inflorescence is erect, up to 45 cm long, with red or orange bracts subtending green, yellow or orange flowers.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia latispatha
- ↑ "Heliconia latispatha". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ↑ Flora of North America v 22, Heliconia latispatha
- ↑ George Bentham. 1846. Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur 170–171, Heliconia latispatha .
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