Heliconia latispatha
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Heliconia latispatha (expanded lobsterclaw)[2] is a plant species native to southern Mexico (Tabasco, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche), Central America and northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru) and naturalized in Florida and Jamaica.[1] It is an herb up to 4 m tall, with leaves resembling those of bananas. Inflorescence is erect, up to 45 cm long, with red or orange bracts subtending green, yellow or orange flowers.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia latispatha
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- ↑ Flora of North America v 22, Heliconia latispatha
- ↑ George Bentham. 1846. Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur 170–171, Heliconia latispatha .
