Heliconia latispatha Benth.
HELICONIACEAE
- Heliconia family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Heliconia latispatha Benth.
Nomencl. ref.: Bot. Voy. Sulphur [Bentham] 170.
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Expanded lobsterclaw
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
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 latispatha
Habit at Wahinepee, 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 latispatha
Flowers and leaves at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, 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 latispatha
Habit with Kim surveying for little fire ant at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, 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 latispatha
Habit at Wahinepee, 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 (FL, HI)
Map for Heliconia latispatha Benth.
(*) 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 psittacorum L. f. [2330]
2) Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav. [1813]
3) Helicteres apetala Jacq. [177]
4) Helictotrichon pubescens (Huds.) Besser ex Pilg. [149]
5) Heliomeris porteri (A. Gray) Cockerell [250]
6) Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet var. scabra (Dunal) Fernald [318]
7) Heliotropium anomalum Hook. & Arn. var. argenteum A. Gray [1347]
8) Heliotropium curassavicum L. ssp. oculatum (A. Heller) Thorne [155]
9) Heliotropium peruvianum L. [204]
10) Helleborus niger L. [939]
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