Heliconia L.
Heliconia
About
Heliconia is a genus of flowering plants in the monotypic family Heliconiaceae. Most of the 194 known species are native to the tropical Americas, but a few are indigenous to certain islands of the western Pacific and Maluku in Indonesia. Many species of Heliconia are found in the tropical forests of these regions. Most species are listed as either vulnerable or data deficient by the IUCN Red List of threatened species. Several species are widely cultivated as ornamentals, and a few are naturalized in Florida, Gambia, and Thailand. Common names for the genus include lobster-claws, toucan beak, wild plantain, or false bird-of-paradise; the last term refers to their close similarity to the bird-of-paradise flowers in the genus Strelitzia. Collectively, these plants are also simply referred to as "heliconias". Heliconia originated in the Late Eocene (39 Ma) and are the oldest known clade of hummingbird-pollinated plants.
A rákollóvirág (Heliconia) az egyszikűek (Liliopsida) osztályának a gyömbérvirágúak (Zingiberales) rendjébe, ezen belül a Heliconiaceae családjába tartozó nemzetség.
Common Names
- Heliconia
- Platanillo
Native Distribution
Detailed Regions
Asia-Tropical Malesia Maluku | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Maluku | Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago | Papuasia | Bismarck Archipelago | New Guinea | Solomon Is. | Northern America Mexico Mexico Central | Northern America | Mexico | Mexico Central | Mexico Gulf | Mexico Northeast | Mexico Southeast | Mexico Southwest | Pacific Southwestern Pacific Fiji | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | Fiji | New Caledonia | Samoa | Santa Cruz Is. | Vanuatu | Southern America Brazil Brazil North | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil North | Brazil Northeast | Brazil South | Brazil Southeast | Brazil West-Central | Caribbean Cuba | Caribbean | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Haiti | Jamaica | Leeward Is. | Puerto Rico | Trinidad-Tobago | Windward Is. | Central America Belize | Central America | Belize | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Guatemala | Honduras | Nicaragua | Panamá | Northern South America French Guiana | Northern South America | French Guiana | Guyana | Suriname | Venezuela | Southern South America Argentina Northeast | Southern South America | Argentina Northeast | Argentina Northwest | Paraguay | Western South America Bolivia | Western South America | Bolivia | Colombia | Ecuador | Peru
Data confidence: high
Synonyms
Show 4 synonyms 4 szinonima megjelenítése
- Bihai Mill.
- Heliconia L.
- Heliconiopsis Miq.
- Palilia