Heliconia psittacorum

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Heliconia psittacorum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Heliconiaceae
Genus: Heliconia
Species:
H. psittacorum
Binomial name
Heliconia psittacorum
Synonyms [1]
  • Bihai cannoidea(A.Rich.) Kuntze
  • Bihai humilis (Aubl.) Griggs
  • Bihai psittacorum(L.f.) Kuntze
  • Bihai sylvestrisGleason
  • Heliconia andrewsiiKlotzsch
  • Heliconia bahiensisBarreiros
  • Heliconia balliaRich.
  • Heliconia brasiliensis var. concolorPetersen
  • Heliconia cannoidea A.Rich.
  • Heliconia goiasensisBarreiros
  • Heliconia hirsuta var. cannoidea(A.Rich.) Baker
  • Heliconia humilis(Aubl.) Jacq.
  • Heliconia marantifoliaG.Shaw
  • Heliconia psittacorum var. rhizomatosaAristeg.
  • Heliconia psittacorum var. robustaEichler ex Petersen
  • Heliconia psittacorum var. spathaceaEichler ex Petersen
  • Heliconia schomburgkianaKlotzsch
  • Heliconia swartzianaRoem. & Schult.
  • Heliconia sylvestris(Gleason) L.B.Sm.
  • Musa humilisAubl.

Heliconia psittacorum (parrot's beak, parakeet flower, parrot's flower, parrot's plantain, false bird-of-paradise) is a perennial herb native to the Caribbean and South America. It is considered native to French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago. It is reportedly naturalized in Gambia, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles. [2] It is often cultivated as a tropical ornamental plant in regions outside its native range.

The flower has both male parts (anthers) and female parts (stigma and pistil), also referred to as a monoecious angiosperm. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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References

  1. The Plant List Heliconia psittacorum
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia psittacorum
  3. PLANTS Profile for Heliconia psittacorum (Parakeetflower) USDA Plants
  4. "Heliconia psittacorum". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  5. Linnaeus, Carl von f. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 158. Heliconia psittacorum
  6. Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 931, Musa humilis
  7. Aristeguieta, Leandro. 1961. El Género Heliconia en Venezuela no. 16a, Heliconia psittacorum var. rhizomatosa