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|accepted_name=Heliconia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mant. Pl.
|place=2: 147, 211. 1771
|year=1771
}}
|common_names=False bird-of-paradise;héliconia
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Heliconiaceae;Heliconia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Heliconiaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Heliconia]]</div></div>
|etymology=after Mount Helicon in southern Greece, regarded as the home of the Muses
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 300
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;pseudostem orientation"><b>Plants:</b> pseudostems erect, in groups of [1–] 5–50.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="petiole length or size;base size"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole long [short or nearly absent], base of blade unequal on either side of midrib.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence orientation"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, erect [pendent], raceme of cincinni;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="cincinnus arrangement or course">cincinni spiral [2-ranked];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="cincinnal bract coloration;cincinnal bract architecture or shape">cincinnal bract ± enclosing each cincinnus, brightly colored, leaflike.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="floral bract texture"><b>Flowers </b>each subtended by membranous floral bract.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="fruit coloration"><b>Fruits </b>blue [rarely red or orange] at maturity.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="endocarp texture;endocarp relief or texture"><b>Seeds </b>surrounded by stony, roughened endocarp (pyrenes).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="x chromosome quantity">x = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America (Fla.);Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;and Pacific Islands (Oceania);in Fla
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Several species of Heliconia are important ornamental and landscape plants in warmer areas of North America (e.g., Florida, Texas, and California). In addition to H. latispatha, three other species, H. psittacorum Linnaeus f., H. metallica Planchon & Linden ex Hooker, and H. schiedeana Klotzsch, may persist after cultivation and might be expected to disperse occasionally into disturbed areas. The first two species are much smaller than H. latispatha and all have flowers that are fully exposed at anthesis. Heliconia metallica has deep rose red flowers, whereas H. psittacorum has yellow or orange flowers. Heliconia schiedeana has red, strongly reflexed bracts and yellow flowers. All of the New World species of Heliconia are hummingbird pollinated.</p><!--
--><p>Species 225 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=andersson1985a
|text=Andersson, L. 1985. Revision of Heliconia subgen. Stenochlamys (Musaceae-Heliconioideae). Opera Bot. 82: 5--123.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=andersson1992a
|text=Andersson, L. 1992. Revision of Heliconia subgen. Taeniostrobus and subgen. Heliconia (Musaceae-Heliconioideae). Opera Bot. 111: 1--98.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=berry1991a
|text=Berry, F. and W. J. Kress. 1991. Heliconia: An Identification Guide. Washington.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=daniels1979a
|text=Daniels, G. S. and F. G. Stiles. 1979. The Heliconia taxa of Costa Rica. Keys and descriptions. Brenesia 15(suppl.): 1--150.
}}{{Treatment/Reference
|id=kress1984a
|text=Kress, W. J. 1984. Systematics of Central American Heliconia (Heliconiaceae) with pendent inflorescences. J. Arnold Arbor. 65: 429--532.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Heliconia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Heliconiaceae
|distribution=North America (Fla.);Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;and Pacific Islands (Oceania);in Fla
|introduced=true
|reference=andersson1985a;andersson1992a;berry1991a;daniels1979a;kress1984a
|publication title=Mant. Pl.
|publication year=1771
|special status=
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|genus=Heliconia
|base size=unequal
|cincinnal bract architecture or shape=leaflike
|cincinnal bract coloration=colored
|cincinnus arrangement or course=spiral
|endocarp relief or texture=roughened
|endocarp texture=stony
|floral bract texture=membranous
|fruit coloration=blue
|inflorescence orientation=erect
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|petiole length or size=long
|pseudostem orientation=erect
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|x chromosome quantity=12
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