PLANTS Profile for Heliconia latispatha (expanded lobsterclaw)

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PLANTS Profile

Heliconia latispatha Benth.
expanded lobsterclaw

Symbol:

HELA12

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Heliconiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

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©Mark W. Skinner. USDA NRCS NPDC. Panama, near Summit Gardens, Plantation Road. August 25, 1981. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Heliconia latispatha Benth.

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Distribution:
Heliconia latispatha Benth.


View Native Status

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USA (FL, HI)

Related Taxa:
Heliconia latispatha Benth.

View 1 genera in Heliconiaceae, 14 species in Heliconia

Classification:
Heliconia latispatha Benth.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Zingiberidae
Order	Zingiberales
Family	Heliconiaceae – Heliconia family
Genus	Heliconia L. – heliconia
Species	Heliconia latispatha Benth. – expanded lobsterclaw

Introduced Information:
Heliconia latispatha Benth.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Heliconia latispatha Benth.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502928.

Time Generated: 10/10/2008 06:02 PM MDT