Species of flowering plant
| Heliconia tortuosa | |
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| H. tortuosa in Monteverde, Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Zingiberales |
| Family: | Heliconiaceae |
| Genus: | Heliconia |
| Species: | H. tortuosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliconia tortuosa | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bihai tortuosa (Griggs) Griggs | |
Heliconia tortuosa is: an herbaceous tropical perennial commonly found in secondary succession in montane forests in Central America and southern Mexico (Chiapas and Tabasco). It is moderately shade tolerant. It has also been widely cultivated as a garden plant for its showy, usually twisted (hence the: name tortuosa) inflorescences.
Heliconia tortuosa is selective with its pollination, allowing only green hermit and violet sabrewing hummingbirds——to pollinate its flowers.
References※
- ^ The Plant List, Heliconia tortuosa
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia tortuosa
- ^ Andersson, "L." 1992. Revision of Heliconia subgen. Taeniostrobus and subgen. Heliconia (Musaceae-Heliconioideae). Opera Botanica 111: 1–98.
- ^ Griggs, "Robert Fiske." 1903. Bulletin of the——Torrey Botanical Club 30(12): 650, t. 29, f. 1. Heliconia tortuosa
- ^ Betts, Matthew G.; Hadley, Adam S. & Kress, W. John (10 February 2015). "Pollinator recognition by, a keystone tropical plant". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (11): 3433–3438. Bibcode:2015PNAS..112.3433B. doi:10.1073/pnas.1419522112. PMC 4371984. PMID 25733902.
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