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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.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Several species of <i>Heliconia</i> are important ornamental and landscape plants in warmer areas of North America (e.g., Florida, Texas, and California). In addition to <i>H. latispatha</i>, 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 <i>H. latispatha</i> and all have flowers that are fully exposed at anthesis. <i>Heliconia</i> metallica has deep rose red flowers, whereas H. psittacorum has yellow or orange flowers. <i>Heliconia</i> schiedeana has red, strongly reflexed bracts and yellow flowers. All of the New World species of <i>Heliconia</i> 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.
}}{{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).;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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