Heliconia bihai

TaxID: 446146

Basic Information

Heliconia bihai

Macaw flower, Wild Plantain, macaw-flower

Heliconia bihai (red palulu) of the family Heliconiaceae is an erect herb typically growing taller than 1.5 m. It is native to northern South America and the West Indies. It is especially common in northern Brazil and the Guianas but also found in Hispaniola, Jamaica, the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Venezuela and Colombia. Other names by which the plant is commonly known include balisier and macawflower.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Zingiberales

Heliconiaceae

Heliconia

bihai

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Heliconia bihai
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(c) Kevin Faccenda@BY
Heliconia bihai
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(c) Martin Reith@BY-NC
Heliconia bihai
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(c) Martin Reith@BY-NC
Heliconia bihai
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(c) Antonio Carlos Silva Moraes@BY-NC
Heliconia bihai
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(c) David Monroy R@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Nicaragua Absent —

Distribution (54 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Antigua and Barbuda Present —
Australia Present —
Belize Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Barbados Present —
China Present —
Côte d'Ivoire Present —
Cameroon Present —
Colombia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (4 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
GBVE430-11 - rbcL 417 - - -
GBVE429-11 - rbcL 549 - - -
GBVE428-11 - matK 781 - - -
GBITS54872-21 - ITS 523 - - -

Literature