Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav.
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Tall plant to 2 m. Leaves up to 1.3 m long. Inflorescence pendulous, 30 - 60 cm long; rhachis red. Bracts 15-20, 2-ranked, not overlapping, red at base, yellow at the tip, with a green edge, 10 cm long. Flowers greenish-yellow.
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rostrata: beaked, probably referring to the tip of the bracts
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Argentina to Peru
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Type fragment for Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pav.
Catalog Number: US 1563724
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Verified from the card file of type specimens
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. Ruiz López & J. A. Pavón
Locality: Rio Huallaga, margen Derecha del; Balsa Probana; dtto. Tocache Nuevo, Mariscal Cáceres, San Martín, Peru, South America
- Type fragment: Ruiz López, H. & Pavón, J. A. 1802. Fl. Peruv. et Chilen. 3: 71.
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The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Heliconia rostrata (also known as Hanging Lobster Claw or False Bird of Paradise) is an herbaceous perennial native to Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador, and naturalized in Puerto Rico.[2] Other Heliconias grow in the upright position (e.g. Heliconia caribaea), their cup-shaped flower bracts storing water for birds and insects. This plant, however, has downward-facing flowers, the flowers thus providing a source of nectar to birds.[3][4]
Heliconias are known to those who grow them as a host flower to many birds, especially the Hummingbird. Because of its unique characteristics, it is often used as a specimen for tropical gardens.
Along with the Kantuta flower, Heliconia rostrata, known as patujú, is the national flower of Bolivia.
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References[edit]
- ^ The Plant List, Heliconia rostrata
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia rostrata
- ^ Ruiz López, Hipólito & Pavón, José Antonio. 1802. Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis 3: 71, t. 305, Heliconia rostrata
- ^ Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
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