Heliconia indica

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Heliconia indica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Heliconiaceae
Genus: Heliconia
Species:
H. indica
Binomial name
Heliconia indica

Heliconia indica is a species of plant in the family Heliconiaceae. It is found in Maluku and the southwest Pacific.[1][2]

Names

Heliconia indica is reconstructed as *rako in the Proto-Eastern Oceanic language, the reconstructed ancestor of the Eastern Oceanic languages.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Heliconia indica — Plants of the World Online". www.plantsoftheworldonline.org. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  2. ^ "Heliconia indica - Useful Tropical Plants".
  3. ^ Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (eds). 2008. The lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Volume 3: Plants Archived 2019-02-04 at the Wayback Machine. Pacific Linguistics 599. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University.