Heliconia episcopalis

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 ex. [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 grows 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[]

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

^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia episcopalis
^ 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
^ Loges, V., Castro, A.C.R., Costa, A.S., Verona, A.L., Nogueira, L.C., Guimarães, W.N.R., Castro, M.F.A. and Bezerra, M. (1 May 2007). "The Ornamental Attributes of Heliconia for Landscape Design in Brazil". Acta Horticulturae. Sanremo, Italy: ISHS. 743 (743): 75–80. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.743.9. ISSN 0567-7572. Retrieved 19 May 2013.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^ 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)

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