Tags: Flowering Plant.
Heliconia derived from the Greek word helikonios is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west to Indonesia. 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. Common names for the genus include lobster-claws wild plantains or false bird-of-paradise.
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