- Family:
- Heliconiaceae Vines
Heliconia L.

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
- Heliconia abaloi G.Morales
- Heliconia acuminata A.Rich.
- Heliconia adflexa (Griggs) Standl.
- Heliconia aemygdiana Burle-Marx
- Heliconia albicosta (G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles) L.Andersson
- Heliconia angelica Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia angusta Vell.
- Heliconia apparicioi Barreiros
- Heliconia arrecta W.J.Kress & Betancur
- Heliconia atratensis Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia atropurpurea G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia aurantiaca Verschaff.
- Heliconia aurea G.Rodr.
- Heliconia auriculata Barreiros
- Heliconia badilloi Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia barryana W.J.Kress
- Heliconia beckneri R.R.Sm.
- Heliconia bella W.J.Kress
- Heliconia berguidoi R.Flores, C.Black & A.Ibáñez
- Heliconia berriziana Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia berryi Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia bihai (L.) L.
- Heliconia bourgaeana Petersen
- Heliconia brachyantha L.Andersson
- Heliconia brenneri Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia burleana Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia calatheiphylla G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia caquetensis Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia carajaensis Barreiros
- Heliconia caribaea Lam.
- Heliconia carmelae Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia chartacea Lane ex Barreiros
- Heliconia chrysocraspeda Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia clinophila R.R.Sm.
- Heliconia colgantea R.R.Sm. ex G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia collinsiana Griggs
- Heliconia combinata Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia cordata L.Andersson
- Heliconia crassa Griggs
- Heliconia cristata Barreiros
- Heliconia cucullata W.J.Kress & L.Andersson
- Heliconia curtispatha Petersen
- Heliconia danielsiana W.J.Kress
- Heliconia darienensis L.Andersson
- Heliconia dasyantha K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
- Heliconia densiflora Verl.
- Heliconia dielsiana Loes.
- Heliconia donstonea W.J.Kress & Betancur
- Heliconia episcopalis Vell.
- Heliconia estherae Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia estiletioides Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia excelsa L.Andersson
- Heliconia farinosa Raddi
- Heliconia faunorum W.J.Kress & L.Andersson
- Heliconia fernandezii Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia × flabellata Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia foreroi Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia fragilis Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia fredberryana W.J.Kress
- Heliconia fugax L.Andersson
- Heliconia gaiboriana Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia gigantea W.J.Kress & Betancur
- Heliconia gilbertiana Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia gloriosa Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia gracilis G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia griggsiana L.B.Sm.
- Heliconia harlingii L.Andersson
- Heliconia hirsuta L.f.
- Heliconia holmquistiana Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia huilensis Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia ignescens G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia imbricata (Kuntze) Baker
- Heliconia impudica Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia indica Lam.
- Heliconia intermedia Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia irrasa R.R.Sm.
- Heliconia juliani Barreiros
- Heliconia juruana Loes.
- Heliconia kautzkiana Emygdio & E.Santos
- Heliconia lanata (P.S.Green) W.J.Kress
- Heliconia lankesteri Standl.
- Heliconia lasiorachis L.Andersson
- Heliconia latispatha Benth.
- Heliconia laufao W.J.Kress
- Heliconia laxa Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia lentiginosa Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia librata Griggs
- Heliconia lingulata Ruiz & Pav.
- Heliconia litana W.J.Kress
- Heliconia longa (Griggs) H.J.P.Winkl.
- Heliconia longiflora R.R.Sm.
- Heliconia lophocarpa G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia lourteigiae Emygdio & E.Santos
- Heliconia lozanoi Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia luciae Barreiros
- Heliconia lutea W.J.Kress
- Heliconia lutheri W.J.Kress
- Heliconia maculata W.J.Kress
- Heliconia magnifica W.J.Kress
- Heliconia × mantenensis B.R.Silva, Senna V. & Emygdio
- Heliconia marginata (Griggs) Pittier
- Heliconia mariae Hook.f.
- Heliconia markiana Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia mathiasiae G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia meridensis Klotzsch
- Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook.
- Heliconia mincana Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia montana Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia monteverdensis G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia mooreana R.R.Sm.
- Heliconia mucilagina Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia mucronata Barreiros
- Heliconia mutisiana Cuatrec.
- Heliconia nariniensis Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia necrobracteata W.J.Kress
- Heliconia × nickeriensis Maas & de Rooij
- Heliconia nigripraefixa Dodson & A.H.Gentry
- Heliconia nitida Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia nubigena L.Andersson
- Heliconia nutans Woodson
- Heliconia obscura Dodson & A.H.Gentry
- Heliconia obscuroides L.Andersson
- Heliconia oleosa Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia orthotricha L.Andersson
- Heliconia osaensis Cufod.
- Heliconia paka A.C.Sm.
- Heliconia paludigena Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia papuana W.J.Kress
- Heliconia pardoi Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia pastazae L.Andersson
- Heliconia peckenpaughii Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia pendula Wawra
- Heliconia penduloides Loes.
- Heliconia peteriana Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia × plagiotropa Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia platystachys Baker
- Heliconia pogonantha Cufod.
- Heliconia pruinosa Loes.
- Heliconia pseudoaemygdiana Emygdio & E.Santos
- Heliconia psittacorum L.f.
- Heliconia ramonensis G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia × rauliniana Barreiros
- Heliconia regalis L.Andersson
- Heliconia reptans Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia reticulata (Griggs) H.J.P.Winkl.
- Heliconia revoluta (Griggs) Standl.
- Heliconia rhodantha Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia richardiana Miq.
- Heliconia rigida Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia riopalenquensis Dodson & A.H.Gentry
- Heliconia rivularis Emygdio & E.Santos
- Heliconia robertoi Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia robusta Pax
- Heliconia rodriguensis Aristeg.
- Heliconia rodriguezii F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav.
- Heliconia samperiana W.J.Kress & Betancur
- Heliconia sanctae-theresae Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia santaremensis Barreiros
- Heliconia sarapiquensis G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia scarlatina Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia schiedeana Klotzsch
- Heliconia schumanniana Loes.
- Heliconia sclerotricha Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia secunda R.R.Sm.
- Heliconia sessilis W.J.Kress
- Heliconia signa-hispanica Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia solomonensis W.J.Kress
- Heliconia spathocircinata Aristeg.
- Heliconia spiralis Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia spissa Griggs
- Heliconia standleyi J.F.Macbr.
- Heliconia stella-maris Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia stilesii W.J.Kress
- Heliconia stricta Huber
- Heliconia subulata Ruiz & Pav.
- Heliconia sucrei Barreiros
- Heliconia tacarcunae L.Andersson
- Heliconia talamancana G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia tandayapensis Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia tenebrosa J.F.Macbr.
- Heliconia terciopela W.J.Kress & Betancur
- Heliconia thomasiana W.J.Kress
- Heliconia timothei L.Andersson
- Heliconia titanum W.J.Kress & Betancur
- Heliconia tortuosa Griggs
- Heliconia trichocarpa G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia triflora Barreiros
- Heliconia umbrophila G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia uxpanapensis C.Gut.Báez
- Heliconia vaginalis Benth.
- Heliconia vellerigera Poepp.
- Heliconia velutina L.Andersson
- Heliconia venusta Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia veracruzensis C.Gut.Báez
- Heliconia villosa Klotzsch
- Heliconia virginalis Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia wagneriana Petersen
- Heliconia willisiana Abalo & G.Morales
- Heliconia wilsonii G.S.Daniels & F.G.Stiles
- Heliconia xanthovillosa W.J.Kress
- Heliconia zebrina Plowman, W.J.Kress & H.Kenn.
Heliconia L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Stevenson, N., Belize | 22179.000 | No | |||
Warrington, J.F. [45], St. Lucia | 40632.000 | No | |||
7661.000 | No | ||||
Rico, L. [1627], Bolivia | K000295244 | No |
First published in Mant. Pl. 2: 147 (1771)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible
ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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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
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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