Heliconias
Heliconia
Heliconia, derived from the Greek word helikonios, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Heliconiaceae. Most of the ca 194 known species are native to the tropical Americas, but a few are indigenous to certain islands of the western Pacific and Maluku. Many species of Heliconia are found in rainforests or tropical wet forests of these regions. Several species are widely cultivated as ornamentals, and a few are naturalized in Florida, Gambia and Thailand....
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Heliconia
subgenusHeliconia
Stenochlamys
subgenusStenochlamys
Taeniostrobus
subgenusTaeniostrobus
Colubrosae
subgenusColubrosae
Heliconia psittacorum × spathocircinata
hybridHeliconia psittacorum × spathocircinata
Heliconia × nickeriensis
hybridHeliconia × nickeriensis
Heliconia × rauliniana
hybridHeliconia × rauliniana
Heliconiopsis
subgenusHeliconiopsis
Heliconia uxpanapensis
speciesHeliconia uxpanapensis
Heliconia pseudoaemygdiana
speciesHeliconia pseudoaemygdiana
Heliconia imbricata × latispatha
hybridHeliconia imbricata × latispatha
Heliconia longipedunculata
speciesHeliconia longipedunculata
Heliconia scarlatina
speciesHeliconia scarlatina
Heliconia × flabellata
hybridHeliconia × flabellata
Heliconia mariae × pogonantha
hybridHeliconia mariae × pogonantha
Heliconia caribaea × champneiana
hybridHeliconia caribaea × champneiana
Heliconia rivularis
speciesHeliconia rivularis
Heliconia tenebrosa
speciesHeliconia tenebrosa
Heliconia atratensis
speciesHeliconia atratensis
Heliconia peckenpaughii
speciesHeliconia peckenpaughii
Heliconia regalis × xanthovillosa
hybridHeliconia regalis × xanthovillosa
Heliconia litana
speciesHeliconia litana
Heliconia obscuroides
speciesHeliconia obscuroides
Heliconia carajaensis
speciesHeliconia carajaensis
Heliconia angelica
speciesHeliconia angelica
Heliconia tandayapensis
speciesHeliconia tandayapensis
Heliconia × mantenensis
hybridHeliconia × mantenensis
Heliconia × plagiotropa
hybridHeliconia × plagiotropa
Heliconia chiapensis
speciesHeliconia chiapensis
Heliconia veracruzensis
speciesHeliconia veracruzensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 84964.