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.
heliconia, psittacorum, parrot, beak, parakeet, flower, parrot, flower, parrot, plantain, false, bird, paradise, perennial, herb, native, caribbean, south, america, considered, native, french, guiana, guyana, suriname, venezuela, colombia, bolivia, brazil, par. 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 Heliconia psittacorum Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Monocots Clade Commelinids Order Zingiberales Family Heliconiaceae Genus Heliconia Species H psittacorum Binomial name Heliconia psittacorumL f Synonyms 1 Bihai cannoidea A Rich Kuntze Bihai humilis Aubl Griggs Bihai psittacorum L f Kuntze Bihai sylvestris Gleason Heliconia andrewsii Klotzsch Heliconia bahiensis Barreiros Heliconia ballia Rich Heliconia brasiliensis var concolor Petersen Heliconia cannoidea A Rich Heliconia goiasensis Barreiros Heliconia hirsuta var cannoidea A Rich Baker Heliconia humilis Aubl Jacq Heliconia marantifolia G Shaw Heliconia psittacorum var rhizomatosa Aristeg Heliconia psittacorum var robusta Eichler ex Petersen Heliconia psittacorum var spathacea Eichler ex Petersen Heliconia schomburgkiana Klotzsch Heliconia swartziana Roem amp Schult Heliconia sylvestris Gleason L B Sm Musa humilis Aubl 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 References edit The Plant List Heliconia psittacorum Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Heliconia psittacorum PLANTS Profile for Heliconia psittacorum Parakeetflower USDA Plants Heliconia psittacorum Germplasm Resources Information Network Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Retrieved 23 January 2018 Linnaeus Carl von f 1782 Supplementum Plantarum 158 Heliconia psittacorum Aublet Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusee 1775 Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Francoise 931 Musa humilis Aristeguieta Leandro 1961 El Genero Heliconia en Venezuela no 16a Heliconia psittacorum var rhizomatosaExternal links editHeliconia psittacorum observations on iNaturalist Line drawing of Heliconia psittacorum for Flora of Panama Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden isotype of Heliconia psittacorum nbsp This Zingiberales related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heliconia psittacorum amp oldid 1197626598, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
