     
Taxon: Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav.
Genus: Heliconia
Family: Heliconiaceae. Also placed in:
Strelitziaceae
Nomen number: 312768
Place of publication: Fl. peruv. 3:71, t. 305. 1802
Name verified on: 16-May-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-May-2006
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions:
1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
Native:
- SOUTHERN AMERICA
Mesoamerica: Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Panama
Brazil: Brazil
Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
Cultivated:
- 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).
- Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45.
[= endemic].
- Encke, F. et al.
1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
- 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.
- Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark.
1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
- More:
Check other web resources for Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav.:
- TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
- ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Heliconia rostrata 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:
- 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.
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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?312768 (19 May 2013)
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