Taxon: Heliconia psittacorum L. f.

Common names:

• parrot's-flower   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• parrot's-plantain   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• papegojhelikonia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Hortus 3)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Colombia

• sometimes naturalized elsewhere

• 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. 6:422.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Heliconia psittacorum.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Heliconia psittacorum.

Check other web resources for Heliconia psittacorum L. f.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Heliconia psittacorum 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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