Heliconia episcopalis

Species of plant

Heliconia episcopalis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Zingiberales
Family:  | Heliconiaceae
Genus:  | Heliconia
Species:  |

H. episcopalis

Binomial name
Heliconia episcopalis

Vell.

Synonyms

* Bihai episcopalis (Vell.) Kunze
* Bihai ferdinando-coburgi (Szyszyl. ex Wawra) Kuntze
* Heliconia biflora Eicheler ex. Petersen [es]
* Heliconia ferdinando-coburgi Szyszyl. ex Wawra
* Heliconia thyrsoidea Mart. ex Petersen

Heliconia episcopalis is a species of plant in the family Heliconiaceae. It is an erect herb typically growing up to 2 meters tall, native to the Amazon Rainforest, in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru in South America.[1][2]

## Uses

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Heliconia episcopalis is a popular ornamental plant in hot regions with a humid climate.[3][4]

## References

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1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia episcopalis
2. ^ José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo. 1827. Florae Fluminensis, seu, Descriptionum plantarum parectura Fluminensi sponte mascentium liber primus ad systema sexuale concinnatus 107, 3, t. 22, Heliconia episcopalis
3. ^ Loges, V.; Castro, A.C.R.; Costa, A.S.; Verona, A.L.; Nogueira, L.C.; Guimarães, W.N.R.; Castro, M.F.A.; Bezerra, M. (1 May 2007). "The Ornamental Attributes of Heliconia for Landscape Design in Brazil". Acta Horticulturae. 743 (743). Sanremo, Italy: ISHS: 75–80\. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.743.9. ISSN 0567-7572. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
4. ^ Lorenzi, H.; Souza, M.S. (2001) Plantas Ornamentais no Brasil: arbustivas, herbáceas e trepadeiras. Plantarum Archived 2019-01-01 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 85-86714-12-7. (in Portuguese)

## External links

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* Heliconia episcopalis observations on iNaturalist

Taxon identifiers

Heliconia episcopalis|

* Wikidata: Q3926675
* Wikispecies: Heliconia episcopalis
* BOLD: 546594
* CoL: 3K8NN
* EoL: 1118040
* EPPO: HEBEP
* FNA: 242427195
* GBIF: 2760973
* iNaturalist: 341613
* IPNI: 119355-2
* NCBI: 1932223
* Open Tree of Life: 3946976
* Plant List: kew-248381
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:119355-2
* Tropicos: 21500054
* WFO: wfo-0000437494

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