Heliconia latispatha
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Heliconia latispatha is a species ofthe Heliconia family (Heliconiaceae). It is native to Central America.
description
Heliconia latispatha is an evergreen, perennial, herbaceous plant , vegetatively similar to a banana plant and with a height of 2 to 4 meters. There are three to five green leaves per shoot , the longest being up to 150 centimeters long and 33 centimeters wide, usually with a fine red-brown edge.
Up to 45 centimeters long inflorescences stand upright, the inflorescence can be found eight to thirteen spirally arranged support blades , and the mean is in each case outside orange to red and glabrous.
Each wrap consists of 10 to 15 flowers , the flower envelope is green, yellow or orange, the calyx leaf margins dark green and glabrous, occasionally hairy and slightly downy.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.
distribution
Heliconia latispatha is native from Mexico to Peru and Venezuela; the species is often found in open secondary vegetation and freshly cleared areas, favored by its high tolerance to heat and drought.
Systematics and botanical history
The species was first described by George Bentham in 1846 .
literature
- Anton Weber, Werner Huber, Anton Weissenhofer, Nelson Zamora, Georg Zimmermann: An Introductory Field Guide To The Flowering Plants Of The Golfo Dulce Rain Forests Costa Rica. In: Stapfia. Volume 78, Linz 2001, p. 140, ISSN 0252-192X / ISBN 3-85474-072-7 , PDF on ZOBODAT
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heliconia latispatha at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Heliconia latispatha. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 10, 2018.
