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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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants:</b> pseudostems erect, in groups of [1–]5–50. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole long [short or nearly absent], base of blade unequal on either side of midrib. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, erect [pendent], raceme of cincinni; cincinni spiral [2-ranked]; cincinnal bract ± enclosing each cincinnus, brightly colored, leaflike. <b>Flowers</b> each subtended by membranous floral bract. <b>Fruits</b> blue [rarely red or orange] at maturity. <b>Seeds</b> surrounded by stony, roughened endocarp (pyrenes). <b>x</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America (Fla.);Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;and Pacific Islands (Oceania).;introduced in Fla..
|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>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=andersson1985a
|text=Andersson, L. 1985. Revision of Heliconia subgen. Stenochlamys (Musaceae-Heliconioideae). Opera Bot. 82: 5--123.
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|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.
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|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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name=Heliconia
|author=
|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).;introduced 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
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