Heliconiaceae
Heliconia

Heliconia aurantiaca Verschaff.

First published in Nursery Cat. (Ambroise Verschaffelt) 68: 1 (1861)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Mexico to Central America. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K002917810 Yes
Tate, R. [420] Nicaragua K002916884 Yes
Peck, M.E. [647] Belize K002916879 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002916887 Yes
Senaratna, J.E. [16] Sri Lanka K002917809 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [2393] Belize K002916882 Yes
Tate, R. [419] Nicaragua K002916883 Yes
Campbell, E.J.F. [7] Belize K002916878 Yes
s.coll. [59] Belize K002916881 Yes
von Tuerckheim, H. [s.n.] Guatemala K002916876 Yes
Herrera, G. [6270] Costa Rica K002916885 Yes
Schipp, W.A. [1112] Belize K002916880 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002916886 Yes
Matuda, E. [3385] Mexico K002916877 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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