Heliconia episcopalis information

Heliconia episcopalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Heliconiaceae
Genus:	Heliconia
Species:	H. episcopalis
Binomial name
	Heliconia episcopalis; Vell.
Synonyms
	Bihai episcopalis (Vell.) Kunze; Bihai ferdinando-coburgi (Szyszyl. ex Wawra) Kuntze; Heliconia biflora Eicheler ex. Petersen [es]; Heliconia ferdinando-coburgi Szyszyl. ex Wawra; Heliconia thyrsoidea Mart. ex Petersen;

Heliconia episcopalis is a species of plant in the family Heliconiaceae. It is an erect herb typically growing up to 2 meters tall, native to the Amazon Rainforest, in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru in South America.^[1]^[2]

^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia episcopalis
^ José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo. 1827. Florae Fluminensis, seu, Descriptionum plantarum parectura Fluminensi sponte mascentium liber primus ad systema sexuale concinnatus 107, 3, t. 22, Heliconia episcopalis

[1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia episcopalis

[2] José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo. 1827. Florae Fluminensis, seu, Descriptionum plantarum parectura Fluminensi sponte mascentium liber primus ad systema sexuale concinnatus 107, 3, t. 22, Heliconia episcopalis