Heliconia longa
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Heliconia longa is a species ofthe Heliconia family (Heliconiaceae). It is native from Central America to northern South America.
description
Heliconia longa is an evergreen, perennial, herbaceous plant , vegetatively similar to a banana plant and with a height of 5 to 7 meters. Each rung can be found four to seven green above, white waxy powdered leaves , each of which longest is up to 300 centimeters long and 55 centimeters wide.
The up to 160 centimeters long inflorescences hanging down, the inflorescence can be found twelve to forty mostly two lines to approximately two lines, but occasionally spirally arranged bracts .
Each coil consists of 10 to 20 flowers , the inflorescence is white to yellow at the base, strongly yellow towards the extreme end and completely bald to slightly fluffy hairy at the extreme end.
distribution
Heliconia longa is native from Nicaragua to Ecuador.
Systematics and botanical history
The species was first described in 1904 by Robert Fiske Griggs as Bihai longa and placed in the Heliconia in 1930 by Hubert JP Winkler .
proof
- 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 3854740727 , PDF on ZOBODAT