Heliconia osaensis
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Heliconia osaensis is a species ofthe Heliconia family (Heliconiaceae). It is native to southern Central America.
description
Heliconia osaensis is an evergreen, perennial, herbaceous plant , vegetatively similar to a canna plant and with a height of 1 to 3 meters. There are five to six leaves per shoot , the longest being up to 150 centimeters long and 25 centimeters wide.
The up to 20 centimeters long inflorescences are upright, each inflorescence has five to twelve two-line bracts .
Each winding consists of eight to twelve resupinate flowers , the flower envelope is orange to red-orange at the base, yellow-green or green and slightly harsh-haired towards the extreme end.
distribution
Heliconia osaensis is native from Honduras to Colombia.
Systematics and botanical history
The species was first described by Georg Cufodontis in 1933 .
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 3854740727 , PDF on ZOBODAT
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Heliconia oasensis. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 10, 2018.