Heliconia psittacorum explained

Heliconia psittacorum (parrot's beak, parakeet flower, parrot's flower, parrot's plantain, false bird-of-paradise) is a perennial herb native to the Caribbean and South America. It is considered native to French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago. It is reportedly naturalized in Gambia, Thailand, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles.^[1] It is often cultivated as a tropical ornamental plant in regions outside its native range.

The flower has both male parts (anthers) and female parts (stigma and pistil), also referred to as a monoecious angiosperm.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

External links

• Heliconia psittacorum observations on iNaturalist
• Line drawing of Heliconia psittacorum for Flora of Panama
• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of Heliconia psittacorum

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=248539 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia psittacorum
2. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HEPS2 PLANTS Profile for Heliconia psittacorum (Parakeetflower) USDA Plants
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/411191#page/173/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von f. 1782. Supplementum Plantarum 158. Heliconia psittacorum
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/361685#page/312/mode/1up Aublet, Jean Baptiste Christophe Fusée. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise 931, Musa humilis
5. Aristeguieta, Leandro. 1961. El Género Heliconia en Venezuela no. 16a, Heliconia psittacorum var. rhizomatosa