Common name
English: Lobster claw
Portuguese: Bananeira do brejo
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2713)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Zingiberales (26)
Family: Heliconiaceae (3)(family description)
Genus: Heliconia (3)
Epithet: rostrata Ruiz & Pav. (1)
Synonyms: Bihai poeppigiana (Eichler ex Petersen) Kuntze, Bihai rostrata (Ruiz & Pav.) Griggs, Heliconia poeppigiana Eichler ex Petersen
poeppigiana => in honor of Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), German botanist
rostrata => beak-shaped, somewhat beaked
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: red, orange, yellow