Heliconia latispatha

Bentham

The Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur 6:170. 1846.

IntroducedIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.

Plants 2–4 m, pseudostem well-developed. Leaves 3–5 per shoot, green, longest blade 75–150 × 18–33 cm. Inflorescences erect, to 45 cm; cincinnal bracts spirally arranged, 8–13 per inflorescence, middle bract with outer surface orange and/or red and glabrous, 14–19.5 cm, 5–7 cm wide at base. Flowers 10–15 per cincinnus; perianth green, yellow, or orange with dark green sepal margins, sometimes sparsely puberulent along fused sepal margins, 3.5–4.6 cm, 7–8 mm wide at gibbous base, nearly straight; sepal margins, fused, dark green, glabrous, sometimes sparsely puberulous. Drupes blue, 10–13 × 8–9 mm. 2n = 24.


Phenology: Flowering early fall (Sep).
Habitat: Disturbed areas
Elevation: 0–4 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Fla., West Indies, native, Mexico, Central America, and South America

Discussion

In the flora Heliconia latispatha often persists in old gardens but only rarely spreads outside them.

Lower Taxa

None.
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W. John Kress +  and Alan T. Whittemore +
Bentham +
gibbous +
unequal +
many-flowered +
monochasial +
Fla. +, West Indies +, native +, Mexico +, Central America +  and and South America +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0–4 m +
Disturbed areas +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
differentiated +
75 cm750 mm <br />0.75 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br /> (33 cm330 mm <br />0.33 m <br />) +
14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br /> (19.5 cm195 mm <br />0.195 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
red +  and orange +
3-carpellate +
orange +, yellow +  and green +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (4.6 cm46 mm <br />0.046 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
distinct +  and fused +
2 +  and 3 +
differentiated +
not differentiated +
Flowering early fall (Sep). +
The Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur +
andersson1984a +
not persistent +
puberulous +  and glabrous +
differentiated +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
not petal-like +
3-lobed +  and capitate +
filiform +
Heliconia latispatha +
Heliconia +
species +