Common name
English: Parrot's Beak
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Zingiberales (26)
Family: Heliconiaceae (3)(family description)
Genus: Heliconia (3)
Epithet: psittacorum L.f. (1)
Synonyms: , Bihai cannoidea (A.Rich.) Kuntze, Bihai humilis (Aubl.) Griggs, Bihai psittacorum (L.f.) Kuntze, Bihai sylvestris Gleason, Heliconia andrewsii Klotzsch, Heliconia bahiensis Barreiros, Heliconia ballia Rich., Heliconia cannoidea A.Rich., Heliconia goiasensis Barreiros, Heliconia humilis (Aubl.) Jacq., Heliconia marantifolia G.Shaw, Heliconia schomburgkiana Klotzsch, Heliconia swartziana Roem. & Schult., Heliconia sylvestris (Gleason) L.B.Sm., Musa humilis Aubl.
bahiensis => from Bahia, Brazil
goiasensis => from Goias, Brazil
humilis => of low growth
marantifolia => leaves resembling those of Maranta
psittacorum => of parrots
schomburgkiana => in honor of Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804-1865), German-born explorer who carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies, and also fulfilled diplomatic missions for Great Britain
sylvestris => wild not cultivated, growing in woods and forests
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red, orange, yellow