Heliconia hirsuta is a species of flowering plant in the family Heliconiaceae. This plant is an erect herb up to 2 m tall, and it is native to Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, from Belize to Trinidad to Argentina.[1][2]
^Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia hirsuta
^Andersson, L. 1985. Revision of Heliconia subgen. Stenochlamys (Musaceae-Heliconioideae). Opera Botanica 82: 1–124.
Heliconiahirsuta is a species of flowering plant in the family Heliconiaceae. This plant is an erect herb up to 2 m tall, and it is native to Central...
hermit (Glaucis hirsuta) – also use the plant for nesting. The Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba) also lives in tents it makes from heliconia leaves. Although...
Heliconia psittacorum (parrot's beak, parakeet flower, parrot's flower, parrot's plantain, false bird-of-paradise) is a perennial herb native to the Caribbean...
the side veins extending out from the midrib of the large leaves of the Heliconia plant causing them to fold down to form a tent. Tents are likely constructed...
baskets with Heteropsis spp.; disposable bags with Ischnosiphon arouma and Heliconia sp.; soap with Cedrelinga sp.; perfumes with Myroxylon sp. and Justice...
of this species is nectar, taken from a wide variety of flowers (e.g. Heliconia), and some small insects and spiders. It feeds mainly by trap-lining....
barbatus, Costaceae), Drymonia conchocalyx and D. rubra (Gesneriaceae), Heliconia tortuosa (Heliconiaceae), and Malvaviscus palmanus (Malvaceae). Less commonly...
varieties in the order Zingiberales evaluated as data deficient. Heliconia flabellata Heliconia willisiana Species Alpinia platylopha Alpinia velutina Amomum...
non-migratory throughout its range. The bronzy hermit feeds on nectar at Heliconia and other plants. Small arthropods are also eaten; the latter are usually...
hummingbirds, visiting a circuit of flowering plants. It feeds on nectar at Heliconia and Monotagma plants, and probably several other tubular flowers and also...
sexes will defend a feeding territory. Most hermits are associated with heliconias, but will utilize other nectar sources like flowers of Centropogon, Passiflora...
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