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Accession Data:

Heliconia acuminata A.Rich.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Heliconiaceae

  • Country of Origin: S. Trop. America

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900204
  • Source: Kress Collection, SI#1997248
  • Provenance:
    Kress# 97-5757
    Kress, W. J., Bruna, E.
    Brazil: Amazonas
    Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project, 41 km north of Manaus
    
  • Accession Date: 07-10-2019
  • Bench: 0 - unassigned location
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 0 confirmed on 01-25-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Heliconiaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Peru / Brazil North

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, 25 February, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, 25 February, 2019.

data regenerated on Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:06:08 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Heliconiaceae

  • Heliconia acuminata
  • Heliconia caribaea
  • Heliconia mutisiana
  • Heliconia psittacorum Kaleidoscope
  • Heliconia rostrata
  • Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican
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