Heliconia bihai information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Heliconia bihai (L.) L.

Genus: Heliconia
Family: Heliconiaceae. Also placed in: Strelitziaceae
Nomen number: 27981
Place of publication: Mant. pl. 2:211. 1771
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 14-Jun-2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 20-Apr-2009
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

firebird (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
macaw-flower (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
wild plantain (Source: F LAnt ) – English
balisier (Source: F LAnt ) – French
snitthelikonia (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
Gene sources: ornamental features (fide Dict Gard)

Distributional range:

Native:

SOUTHERN AMERICA
Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Dominica; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; St. Lucia
Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
Brazil: Brazil
Western South America: Colombia

Cultivated:

also cultivated

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
Kress, W. J. 1990. The taxonomy of Old World Heliconia (Heliconiaceae). Allertonia 6:43.
Kress, W. J. 1997. A synopsis of the genus Heliconia (Heliconiaceae) in Venezuela with one new variety. In: Dorr, L. J. & B. Stergios D., eds., John J. Wurdack Festschrift. BioLlania, Ed. Espec. 6:412.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Heliconia bihai.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Heliconia bihai.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Heliconia bihai.

Synonyms:

(≡) Musa bihai L. (basionym)

Check other web resources for Heliconia bihai (L.) L.:

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Heliconia bihai cultivars
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

PlantSystematics.org
Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?27981 (19 May 2013)

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