Heliconia stricta

Heliconia stricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Heliconiaceae
Genus: Heliconia
Species: H. stricta
Binomial name
Heliconia stricta
Huber
Synonyms
  • Bihai stricta (Huber) Griggs
  • Heliconia tricolor Abalo & G.Morales

Heliconia stricta is a plant species native to Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, reproducing by seeds and by underground rhizomes. It is reportedly naturalized in Cuba and Puerto Rico, and cultivated as an ornamental in many other warm regions.[1][2][3]

Some common cultivated varieties are:[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia stricta
  2. ↑ Huber, Jacob E. 1906. Boletim do Museo Goeldi de Historia Natural e Ethnographia. Belém. 4: 543, Heliconia stricta
  3. ↑ Andersson, L. 1981. Revision of Heliconia sect. Heliconia (Musaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 1(6): 759–784.
  4. ↑ http Stokes Tropicals, Lafayette, Louisiana USA, Heliconia stricta 'Firebird'
  5. ↑ Logees Fruiting Rare and Tropical Plants, Danielson Connecticut USA, Dwarf Jamaican Heliconia
  6. ↑ National Tropical Botanical Garden, Koloa Hawai'i USA, Meet the Plants, Heliconia stricta Lobster Claw Red
  7. ↑ Towen Mount Tropicals, Towen Mount Queensland Australia, Heliconia stricta, photos of numerous cultivars


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