Filed As:

Heliconiaceae
Heliconia psittacorum L.f.
All Determinations:

Heliconia psittacorum L.f. det. L. Andersson, 01 Dec 1999

Location:

Brazil. Acre. Bujari Mun. Rio Antimari, 2 km downriver from FUNTAC base.
Collector(s):

R. Ehrich 16 with , 15 Jan 1999
Description:

terrestrial herb. Herb 1.5-1.8 m, leaf arrangement musoid, leaves shiny, lighter green below with a thin waxy coat, inflorescence erect/distichous, bract 4-5, orange, first bract with green keel, rachis orange, sepals orange with distal dark band and orange tip, ovary orange with dark spot, pedicel slightly pendent, light orange. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
Habitat:

Inundated várzea (floodplain) forests, water 50-100 cm deep. Occasional.
Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 867959
GUID: c2425a37-a551-4c53-b1ee-9c6889f61d4a
Map:

Georeferencing Method: Coordinates determined at another institution
Coordinates: (-9.8308, -67.9519)

Distribution:

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