Heliconia psittacorum

Tags: Flowering Plant.

Heliconia psittacorum (Parrot’s Beak Parakeet Flower Parrot’s Flower Parrot’s Plantain False Bird-Of-Paradise) is a perennial herb native to the Caribbean and northern South America. It is considered native to French Guiana Guyana Suriname Venezuela Colombia Bolivia Brazil Paraguay Panama and Trinidad & Tobago. It is reportedly naturalized in Gambia Thailand Puerto Rico Hispaniola Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles.

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binomial authority

Carl Linnaeus the Younger

class

Monocotyledon

division

Flowering plant

family

Heliconia

genus

Heliconia

kingdom

Plant

order

Commelinids, Zingiberales

synonym

*Heliconia psittacorum var. spathacea (Eichler ex Petersen), *Bihai cannoidea (A.Rich.) Kuntze), *Bihai humilis ((Aubl.) Griggs), *Bihai psittacorum (L.f.) Kuntze), *Bihai sylvestris (Gleason), *Heliconia andrewsii (Klotzsch), *Heliconia bahiensis (Barreiros), *Heliconia ballia (Rich.), *Heliconia brasiliensis var. concolor (Petersen), *Heliconia cannoidea A.Rich., *Heliconia goiasensis (Barreiros), *Heliconia hirsuta var. cannoidea (A.Rich.) Baker), *Heliconia humilis (Aubl.) Jacq.), *Heliconia marantifolia (G.Shaw), *Heliconia psittacorum var. rhizomatosa (Aristeg.), *Heliconia schomburgkiana (Klotzsch), *Heliconia swartziana (Roem. & Schult.), *Heliconia sylvestris (Gleason) L.B.Sm.), *Musa humilis (Aubl.), *Heliconia psittacorum var. robusta (Eichler ex Petersen)