Heliconia
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Name (Hebrew)
הליקוניה
Name (Latin)
Heliconia
Name (Arabic)
الهيليكونيا
Other forms of name
Bihai
Bird-of-paradise plants, False
Birds of paradise, False (Plants)
False bird-of-paradise plants
False birds of paradise (Plants)
Lobster-claw plants
Plantain, Wild (Genus)
Wild plantain (Genus)
See Also From tracing topical name
Heliconiaceae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q624242
Library of congress:
sh 85059996
Sources of Information
- ITIS, July 1, 2008(Genus: Heliconia L. -- accepted)
- NCBI taxonomy browser, July 1, 2008(commelinids--Zingiberales--Heliconiaceae--Heliconia)
- Wikipedia, July 1, 2008(Heliconia 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. It is the sole genus of family Heliconiacae, but was formerly included in the family Musaceae. Common names for the genus include lobster-claw, wild plantain and false bird-of-paradise. The last term refers to their close similarity to the bird-of-paradise flowers (Strelitzia))