Heliconia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Heliconia']

• العربية: هيليكونيا
• مصرى: هيليكونيا
• български: хеликония
• čeština: Helikónie
• Deutsch: Helikonien
• فارسی: گل خرچنگی
• suomi: Helikoniat
• Nordfriisk: Homersjuaren
• עברית: הליקוניה
• hrvatski: Helikonija
• magyar: Rákollóvirág
• Bahasa Indonesia: Sepit udang
• 日本語: オウムバナ科
• 한국어: 헬리코니아속
• перем коми: Геликония
• коми: Геликония
• олык марий: Геликоний
• മലയാളം: ഹെലിക്കോണിയ
• кырык мары: Геликони
• Bahasa Melayu: Sepit udang
• polski: Helikoniowate
• پنجابی: ہیلیکونیا
• português: Helicônia
• русский: Геликония
• svenska: Hummerklosläktet
• ไทย: เฮลิโคเนีย
• lea faka-Tonga: Vaʻepaka
• reo tahiti: Varo
• удмурт: Геликония
• Tiếng Việt: Chi Chuối pháo
• 中文: 蝎尾蕉属, 赫蕉属
• 中文（中国大陆）: 蝎尾蕉属
• 中文（简体）: 蝎尾蕉属
• 中文（繁體）: 赫蕉屬
• 中文（香港）: 赫蕉屬
• 中文（臺灣）: 赫蕉屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Cladus: commelinids • Ordo: Zingiberales • Familia: Heliconiaceae • Genus: Heliconia L. (1753)

197 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist'):

Type species Heliconia bihai (L.) L., Mant. Pl. 2: 211. (1771)

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  Heliconia angusta

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  Heliconia aurantiaca

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  Heliconia bihai

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  Heliconia bourgaeana

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  Heliconia burleana

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  Heliconia caribaea

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  Heliconia chartacea

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  Heliconia collinsiana

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  Heliconia irrasa

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  Heliconia imbricata

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  Heliconia latispatha

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  Heliconia lingulata

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  Heliconia longiflora

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  Heliconia mariae

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  Heliconia pogonantha

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  Heliconia psittacorum

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  Heliconia rostrata

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  Heliconia stilesii

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  Heliconia stricta

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  Heliconia tortuosa

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  Heliconia vellerigera

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  Heliconia velutina

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  Heliconia wagneriana

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  Heliconia xanthovillosa

Botanical illustrations

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  Heliconia_bihai & Urania guyanensis

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Asia-Tropical Regional: Malesia Maluku, Regional: Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu, Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast, Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands, Regional: Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Regional: Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South, Regional: Southern South America‘‘‘ Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Paraguay.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Heliconia.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Heliconia
• Note: For APWebsite & GRIN & Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' & NCBI & Tropicos, this is currently the only extant (living) genus in the familia Heliconiaceae (Retrieved on 2 July 2014).
• GRIN link : Heliconia L. (+species list (Note: includes synonyms))
• ITIS link: Heliconia L.
• NCBI link: Heliconia
• The Plant List link: Heliconia
• Tropicos link: Heliconia L. (+ sub-taxa)