Common name: Dwarf Jamaican Heliconia
Family: Heliconiaceae
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Country of Origin: southern Tropical America
Description:
Uses:
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USDA Zone: 9b-11
Source: Mike Bordelon - Smithsonian Institution
Provenance:
Smithsonian# 1994637
Kress# 78-1043
Collector: W. John Kress 78-1043
ex hort, Costa Rica, Las Cruces Botanical Garden
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Zingiberales
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- Family: Heliconiaceae
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References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, July 01, 2016.
- WCSP (2014). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, July 01, 2016.
- Kress (1984, 1990a, 1994, unpubl.) and Andersson
(1981, 1985a, 1992), Preliminary classification of Heliconia. Last accessed on Thursday, January 26, 2017.
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