Heliconiaceae

Heliconia L.

First published in Mant. Pl. 2: 147 (1771), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central Malesia to SW. Pacific, Mexico to Tropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Maluku, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Comoros, Cook Is., Florida, Gambia, Hawaii, Thailand, Venezuelan Antilles, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1990 Watson, S. [193] Guatemala K000574244 Isotype Yes
Oct 13, 1955 Poiteau [s.n] Guyana K000574227 Type Yes
Sánchez, J. [559] Costa Rica K002917021 Yes
Milliken, W.; Dablin, L.; Quisbert, M.L. [7639] Bolivia K001574209 Yes
Milliken, W.; Dablin, L.; Quisbert, M.L. [7639] Bolivia K001574208 Yes
Milliken, W.; Dablin, L.; Quisbert, M.L. [7639] Bolivia K001574221 Yes
Pereira-Silva, G.; Amaral-Santos, A.; Castro, A.C.R.; Santos, A.J.B.; Moreira, G.A.; Alencar Moreira, J.R.; Medeiros, M.B. [15484] Brazil K001589201 Yes
Forman, L. [545] K:SPC-19003.000 No
Pereira-Silva, G.; Amaral-Santos, A.; Castro, A.C.R.; Santos, A.J.B.; Moreira, G.A.; Alencar Moreira, J.R.; Medeiros, M.B. [15485] Brazil K001589200 Yes
Papua New Guinea K:SPC-17118.000 No
Sánchez, J. [559] Costa Rica K002917022 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [1618] K:SPC-11120.000 No
Stevenson, N. Belize K:SPC-22179.000 No
Warrington, J.F. [45] Saint Lucia K:SPC-40632.000 No
[NGF 14055] K:SPC-07661.000 No
Brazil K:SPC-18947.000 No
Rico, L.; Lopez, R. [1627] Bolivia K000295244 Yes
Betancur, J.; Kress, W.J.; Echeverry, B. [6057] Colombia K002917573 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images