Heliconia latispatha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Zingiberales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Zingiberales

Heliconia latispatha Benth., 1846

Homotypic
- Bihai latispatha (Benth.) Griggs, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 445 (1904).
Heterotypic
- Heliconia aequatoriensis Loes., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 117: 8 (1916).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Colombia, Venezuela
- Regional: Western South America
  - Ecuador, Peru
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
- Introduced into:
  - Bangladesh, Florida, Hawaii, Jamaica, Zaïre

Bentham, G. 1844–1846. The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., C.B., F.R.G.S, etc. during the years 1836–42. 195 pp., 60 tt. Smith, Elder and Co., London. BHL Reference page. : 170.

Govaerts, R. 2004. World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1–54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Heliconia latispatha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 09. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Heliconia latispatha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Heliconia latispatha. Published online. Accessed: Oct 09 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Heliconia latispatha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Oct 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Heliconia latispatha. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct 09. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Heliconia latispatha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

English: expanded lobsterclaw
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