Heliconia bihai (L.) L.
HELICONIACEAE
- Heliconia family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Heliconia bihai (L.) L.
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Macawflower
English name: firebird English name: macaw-flower
French name: balisier
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Bihai bihai (L.) Griggs
= Heliconia humilis (Aubl.) Jacq.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Zingiberidae
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Heliconiaceae
Genus: Heliconia
Species:
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Heliconia bihai
Habit at Hana Hwy, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Heliconia bihai
Cv Jacquinii leaves and flowers at YMCA Keanae, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Heliconia bihai
Cv Jacquinii leaves and flowers at YMCA Keanae, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Heliconia bihai
Habit at Hana Hwy, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (Hawaii)
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Heliconia caribaea Lam. [490]
2) Heliconia elongata Griggs [144]
3) Heliconia humilis (Aubl.) Jacq. [93]
4) Heliconia psittacorum L. f. [2357]
5) Helicteres apetala Jacq. [178]
6) Helictotrichon scabrivalve (Trin.) G. Tucker [227]
7) Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet ssp. scabra (Dunal) T.R. Fisher [149]
8) Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn. var. argenteum A. Gray [1350]
9) Heliotropium curassavicum L. var. obovatum DC. [296]
10) Heliotropium procumbens Mill. [1300]
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