Heliconiaceae
Heliconia
Heliconia acuminata

Heliconia acuminata subsp. acuminata

This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is N. South America to N. Brazil. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Trinidad-Tobago

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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Fanshawe, D.B. [6054] Guyana K002917106 Yes
s.coll. [F2907] Guyana K002917104 Yes
Henkel, T.W.; Chin, M.; Williams, R.; James, R. [4667] Guyana K002917107 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [6054] Guyana K002917105 Yes
Henkel, T.W.; Williams, R.; Fratello, S.; Joseph, P. [4379] Guyana K002917108 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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