Information about Heliconia Chartacea
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) Specimen at Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima, Trinidad & Tobago Specimen at Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima, Trinidad & Tobago | ||||||||||||||
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Heliconia chartacea is a species of Heliconia native to the American tropics, mainly Guiana and Brazil. It is a common upland species of disturbed sites, young secondary forest, and abandoned cultivation, and is often found near human habitation.
It is a herbaceous plant, with paired large oblong leaves like those of its relative the banana. It can grow to 7-8 m in height, and plants can form large clumps with age.
The flowering stems are pendulous. The bright pink color of the flower bracts is rare among heliconias, making it very easy to identify. The conspicuous pink part of the large and showy hanging inflorescences is actually the waxy bracts, (modified leaves), with the small green true flowers half-hidden inside. It is pollinated by hermit hummingbirds, whose curved beaks are well adapted to probe the curved flowers for nectar, their main food source. Some species such as the Rufous-breasted Hermit also use the plant for nesting.
It has blue-black fruits that contain 3 very hard seeds, which are capable of extended dormancy in the soil. The fruits are eaten by a variety of birds, including tanagers and thrushes.
Several cultivars have been selected for garden planting, including 'Sexy Pink' and 'Sexy Scarlet'.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre and Lodge consists of a nature resort and scientific research station located in the Arima Valley of the Northern Range in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Plantae
Haeckel, 1866[1]
Divisions
Green algae
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Haeckel, 1866[1]
Divisions
Green algae
- Chlorophyta
- Charophyta
- Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes)
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Magnoliophyta
Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Liliopsida is a botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family). It is considered synonymous (or nearly synonymous) with the name monocotyledon. Publication of the name is credited to Scopoli (in 1760): see author citation (botany).
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Zingiberales
Griseb.
Families
See text
Zingiberales is an order of flowering plants. The order has been widely recognised by the taxonomists, at least for the past few decades.
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Griseb.
Families
See text
Zingiberales is an order of flowering plants. The order has been widely recognised by the taxonomists, at least for the past few decades.
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Heliconiaceae
Genus: Heliconia
L.
Species
See text.
Heliconia is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west
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Genus: Heliconia
L.
Species
See text.
Heliconia is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west
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Heliconiaceae
Genus: Heliconia
L.
Species
See text.
Heliconia is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west
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Genus: Heliconia
L.
Species
See text.
Heliconia is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west
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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné)
Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Heliconiaceae
Genus: Heliconia
L.
Species
See text.
Heliconia is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west
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Genus: Heliconia
L.
Species
See text.
Heliconia is a genus of about 100 to 200 species of flowering plants native to the tropical Americas and the Pacific Ocean islands west
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Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World consisting of the continents of North America[1] and South America with their associated islands and regions. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.
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The Guyanas or Guianas are a group of three countries on the northeast coast of South America:
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- Guyana, formerly known as British Guiana
- Suriname, formerly known as "Dutch Guiana"
- French Guiana, an overseas department of France
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Motto
Ordem e Progresso (Portuguese)
"Order and Progress"
Anthem
Hino Nacional Brasileiro
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Ordem e Progresso (Portuguese)
"Order and Progress"
Anthem
Hino Nacional Brasileiro
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BANANA (an acronym of Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything or possibly Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone
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Phaethornithinae
Jardine, 1833
Genera
Ramphodon
Eutoxeres
Glaucis
Threnetes
Anopetia
Phaethornis
The Hermits are tropical and subtropical hummingbirds in the subfamily
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Jardine, 1833
Genera
Ramphodon
Eutoxeres
Glaucis
Threnetes
Anopetia
Phaethornis
The Hermits are tropical and subtropical hummingbirds in the subfamily
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Trochilidae
Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies
Phaethornithinae
Trochilinae
For a taxonomic list of genera, see:
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Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies
Phaethornithinae
Trochilinae
For a taxonomic list of genera, see:
- List of hummingbirds in taxonomic order
- Alphabetic species list
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G. hirsuta
Binomial name
Glaucis hirsuta
(Gmelin, 1788)
The Rufous-breasted Hermit or Hairy Hermit, Glaucis hirsuta
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Binomial name
Glaucis hirsuta
(Gmelin, 1788)
The Rufous-breasted Hermit or Hairy Hermit, Glaucis hirsuta
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Thraupidae
Genera
many: see text
There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers in the bird family Thraupidae. They belong to the order Passeriformes.
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Genera
many: see text
There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers in the bird family Thraupidae. They belong to the order Passeriformes.
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Turdidae
Genera
Some 20, see text
The Thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World.
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Genera
Some 20, see text
The Thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly but not exclusively in the Old World.
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cultivar is a cultivated plant that has been selected and given a unique name because it has desirable characteristics (decorative or useful) that distinguish it from otherwise similar plants of the same species. When propagated it retains those characteristics.
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