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Heliconia metallica

Planch. & Linden ex Hook. (1862)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Zingiberales Family: Heliconiaceae Genus: Heliconia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Perennial herbs 1.5–3 m tall.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Longest blade 50–80 cm long, 10–35 cm wide, lower surface green to dark maroon. Margins entire. Prominent reticulate venation. Petiolate and sheathing, petioles 3–8 cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 4–7 per cincinnus, in erect inflorescences up to 25 cm long (exc. peduncle), rachis pink to red or green, glabrous to puberulent, cincinnal bracts red to green, distichous, 5–8 per inflorescence, 4–8 cm long, 2–3 cm wide at base, glabrous to floccose, margins straight to involute, middle bract with apex acuminate; perianth pink to red with white apex, 4.5–5.5 cm long, glabrous. Flowers bisexual (perfect), perianth consisting of 2 whorls connate at base. Calyx of 2 connate abaxial sepals and 1 nearly distinct adaxial sepal. Corolla of 3 petals, connate except for distinct margins opposite distinct sepal. Fertile stamens 5, staminode 1; opposite distinct sepal; filaments linear, attached to base of perianth tube; anthers tetrathecal, opening longitudinally. Ovary inferior, white with dark green apex, glabrous. 3-celled; ovules 1 per cell, erect; style 1.

Fruit: Drupes blue; glabrous. Seeds surrounded by a stony; roughened endocarp (pyrenes); embryo straight; endosperm copious.

Ploidy: 2n = 16; 18; 20; 22

Habitat: Cultivated as an ornamental; now naturalized in Mānoa Valley O'ahu.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Mag. 88: t. 5315 (1862)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1441 (O); Staples & Herbst 2005:662 (KEY), 665 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. waimea arboretum & botanical garden on Metrosideros forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kirchoff, b.k. collector number: 89-236 Kauai BISH 5/24/1989
2 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, 3730 Round Top Dr. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress & M. M. Carlsen 16-8860 Oahu HAPI 9/5/2016
3 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. honolulu, nuuanu valley, luakaha shaded dirt PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/12/1941
4 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. lyon arboretum, sec. 23 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 4005 Oahu BISH 2/6/1974
5 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Tantalus, 3730 Round Top Dr, forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress & M. M. Carlsen 16-8860 Oahu HAPI 9/5/2016
6 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. 2436 burbank st., j. l. robertson's garden Deeply carved drainage strewn with boulders, Metrosideros riparian lowland wet forest with Pipturus albidus, Touchardia latifolia, Cheirodendron trigynum, Scaevola chamissoniana, Cyrtandra grayii, Clermontia arborescens & C. pallida, Lobelia hypoleuca, Dryopteris acutidens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. collector number: s.n. Molokai BISH 7/4/1939
7 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Wailua Mesic wet forest understory PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 25 Oahu HAPI 8/9/1997
8 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, 3730 Round Top Dr. with Toona ciliata, Heliconia humilis, Ruellia graecizans; forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ray, G. 25 Oahu BISH 8/9/1997
9 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lyon Arboretum, sec. 23 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 4005 Oahu BISH 2/6/1974
10 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, 3730 Round Top Dr. with Toona ciliata, Heliconia humilis, Ruellia graecizans; forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ray, G. Gibney, E. Collector Number: 25 Oahu BISH 8/9/1997
11 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. waimea arboretum In full sun. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. collector number: 2738 Oahu BISH 8/11/1986
12 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN B.K.Kirchoff BISH 5/24/1989
13 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Kapalama Hts, Kamehameha Girls' School PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Judd Jr., A.F. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/6/1932
14 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. tantalus, 3730 round top dr, forest of cinder cone crater Mesic wet forest understory PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. j. ray 25 NY 8/9/1997
15 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. lyon arboretum, university of hawaii, manoa valley, on grounds PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. j. kress & m. m. carlsen 16-8860 Oahu US 9/5/2016
16 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Tantalus, 3730 Round Top Dr, forest of cinder cone crater Mesic wet forest understory PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 25 NY 8/9/1997
17 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawaii, Manoa Valley, on grounds PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress & M. M. Carlsen 16-8860 Oahu US 9/5/2016
18 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai. Chalet area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress 90-3005 Kauai PTBG 6/22/1990
19 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lawai Valley. The National Tropical Botanical Garden. Bamboo Bridge. Cultivated plants. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 5548 Kauai PTBG 4/5/1994
20 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawaii, Manoa Valley, on grounds PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kress, W. J.; Carlsen, M. M. 16-8860 Oahu US 9/5/2016
21 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Koloa Dist., Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Bamboo Bridge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. W. 5548 Kauai US 4/5/1994
22 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R. 4005 Oahu US 2/6/1974
23 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. honolulu, 3730 round top dr. with Toona ciliata, Heliconia humilis, Ruellia graecizans; forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ray, g. gibney, e. collector number: 25 Oahu BISH 8/9/1997
24 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum In full sun. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 2738 Oahu BISH 8/11/1986
25 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. waimea arboretum & botanical garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kirchoff, b.k. collector number: 89-252 Oahu BISH 5/24/1989
26 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kirchoff, B.K. 89-236 Oahu BISH 5/24/1989
27 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kirchoff, B.K. 89-252 Oahu BISH 5/24/1989
28 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. kapalama hts, kamehameha girls' school PRESERVED_SPECIMEN judd jr., a.f. bryan jr., e.h.; neal, m.c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/6/1932
29 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. 2436 Burbank St., J. L. Robertson's garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Neal, M.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 7/4/1939
30 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, Nuuanu Valley, Luakaha In damp, shaded garden. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Neal, M.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/12/1941
31 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. waimea arboretum & botanical garden on Metrosideros forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kirchoff, b.k. collector number: 89-236 Kauai BISH 5/24/1989
32 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, 3730 Round Top Dr. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress & M. M. Carlsen 16-8860 Oahu HAPI 9/5/2016
33 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. honolulu, nuuanu valley, luakaha shaded dirt PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/12/1941
34 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. lyon arboretum, sec. 23 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 4005 Oahu BISH 2/6/1974
35 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Tantalus, 3730 Round Top Dr, forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress & M. M. Carlsen 16-8860 Oahu HAPI 9/5/2016
36 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. 2436 burbank st., j. l. robertson's garden Deeply carved drainage strewn with boulders, Metrosideros riparian lowland wet forest with Pipturus albidus, Touchardia latifolia, Cheirodendron trigynum, Scaevola chamissoniana, Cyrtandra grayii, Clermontia arborescens & C. pallida, Lobelia hypoleuca, Dryopteris acutidens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. collector number: s.n. Molokai BISH 7/4/1939
37 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Wailua Mesic wet forest understory PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 25 Oahu HAPI 8/9/1997
38 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, 3730 Round Top Dr. with Toona ciliata, Heliconia humilis, Ruellia graecizans; forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ray, G. 25 Oahu BISH 8/9/1997
39 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lyon Arboretum, sec. 23 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 4005 Oahu BISH 2/6/1974
40 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, 3730 Round Top Dr. with Toona ciliata, Heliconia humilis, Ruellia graecizans; forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ray, G. Gibney, E. Collector Number: 25 Oahu BISH 8/9/1997
41 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. waimea arboretum In full sun. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. collector number: 2738 Oahu BISH 8/11/1986
42 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN B.K.Kirchoff BISH 5/24/1989
43 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Kapalama Hts, Kamehameha Girls' School PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Judd Jr., A.F. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/6/1932
44 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. tantalus, 3730 round top dr, forest of cinder cone crater Mesic wet forest understory PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. j. ray 25 NY 8/9/1997
45 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. lyon arboretum, university of hawaii, manoa valley, on grounds PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. j. kress & m. m. carlsen 16-8860 Oahu US 9/5/2016
46 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Tantalus, 3730 Round Top Dr, forest of cinder cone crater Mesic wet forest understory PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 25 NY 8/9/1997
47 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawaii, Manoa Valley, on grounds PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress & M. M. Carlsen 16-8860 Oahu US 9/5/2016
48 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai. Chalet area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress 90-3005 Kauai PTBG 6/22/1990
49 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lawai Valley. The National Tropical Botanical Garden. Bamboo Bridge. Cultivated plants. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 5548 Kauai PTBG 4/5/1994
50 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawaii, Manoa Valley, on grounds PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kress, W. J.; Carlsen, M. M. 16-8860 Oahu US 9/5/2016
51 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Koloa Dist., Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Bamboo Bridge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. W. 5548 Kauai US 4/5/1994
52 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R. 4005 Oahu US 2/6/1974
53 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. honolulu, 3730 round top dr. with Toona ciliata, Heliconia humilis, Ruellia graecizans; forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ray, g. gibney, e. collector number: 25 Oahu BISH 8/9/1997
54 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum In full sun. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 2738 Oahu BISH 8/11/1986
55 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. waimea arboretum & botanical garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kirchoff, b.k. collector number: 89-252 Oahu BISH 5/24/1989
56 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kirchoff, B.K. 89-236 Oahu BISH 5/24/1989
57 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kirchoff, B.K. 89-252 Oahu BISH 5/24/1989
58 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. kapalama hts, kamehameha girls' school PRESERVED_SPECIMEN judd jr., a.f. bryan jr., e.h.; neal, m.c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/6/1932
59 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. 2436 Burbank St., J. L. Robertson's garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Neal, M.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 7/4/1939
60 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, Nuuanu Valley, Luakaha In damp, shaded garden. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Neal, M.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/12/1941
61 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. waimea arboretum & botanical garden on Metrosideros forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kirchoff, b.k. collector number: 89-236 Kauai BISH 5/24/1989
62 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, 3730 Round Top Dr. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress & M. M. Carlsen 16-8860 Oahu HAPI 9/5/2016
63 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. honolulu, nuuanu valley, luakaha shaded dirt PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/12/1941
64 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. lyon arboretum, sec. 23 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 4005 Oahu BISH 2/6/1974
65 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Tantalus, 3730 Round Top Dr, forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress & M. M. Carlsen 16-8860 Oahu HAPI 9/5/2016
66 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. 2436 burbank st., j. l. robertson's garden Deeply carved drainage strewn with boulders, Metrosideros riparian lowland wet forest with Pipturus albidus, Touchardia latifolia, Cheirodendron trigynum, Scaevola chamissoniana, Cyrtandra grayii, Clermontia arborescens & C. pallida, Lobelia hypoleuca, Dryopteris acutidens PRESERVED_SPECIMEN neal, m.c. collector number: s.n. Molokai BISH 7/4/1939
67 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Wailua Mesic wet forest understory PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 25 Oahu HAPI 8/9/1997
68 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, 3730 Round Top Dr. with Toona ciliata, Heliconia humilis, Ruellia graecizans; forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ray, G. 25 Oahu BISH 8/9/1997
69 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lyon Arboretum, sec. 23 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 4005 Oahu BISH 2/6/1974
70 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, 3730 Round Top Dr. with Toona ciliata, Heliconia humilis, Ruellia graecizans; forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ray, G. Gibney, E. Collector Number: 25 Oahu BISH 8/9/1997
71 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. waimea arboretum In full sun. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. collector number: 2738 Oahu BISH 8/11/1986
72 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN B.K.Kirchoff BISH 5/24/1989
73 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Kapalama Hts, Kamehameha Girls' School PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Judd Jr., A.F. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/6/1932
74 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. tantalus, 3730 round top dr, forest of cinder cone crater Mesic wet forest understory PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. j. ray 25 NY 8/9/1997
75 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. lyon arboretum, university of hawaii, manoa valley, on grounds PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. j. kress & m. m. carlsen 16-8860 Oahu US 9/5/2016
76 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Tantalus, 3730 Round Top Dr, forest of cinder cone crater Mesic wet forest understory PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. J. Ray 25 NY 8/9/1997
77 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawaii, Manoa Valley, on grounds PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress & M. M. Carlsen 16-8860 Oahu US 9/5/2016
78 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai. Chalet area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. J. Kress 90-3005 Kauai PTBG 6/22/1990
79 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lawai Valley. The National Tropical Botanical Garden. Bamboo Bridge. Cultivated plants. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 5548 Kauai PTBG 4/5/1994
80 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawaii, Manoa Valley, on grounds PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kress, W. J.; Carlsen, M. M. 16-8860 Oahu US 9/5/2016
81 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Koloa Dist., Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Bamboo Bridge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. W. 5548 Kauai US 4/5/1994
82 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R. 4005 Oahu US 2/6/1974
83 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. honolulu, 3730 round top dr. with Toona ciliata, Heliconia humilis, Ruellia graecizans; forest of cinder cone crater PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ray, g. gibney, e. collector number: 25 Oahu BISH 8/9/1997
84 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum In full sun. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 2738 Oahu BISH 8/11/1986
85 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. waimea arboretum & botanical garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kirchoff, b.k. collector number: 89-252 Oahu BISH 5/24/1989
86 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kirchoff, B.K. 89-236 Oahu BISH 5/24/1989
87 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Waimea Arboretum & Botanical Garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kirchoff, B.K. 89-252 Oahu BISH 5/24/1989
88 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. kapalama hts, kamehameha girls' school PRESERVED_SPECIMEN judd jr., a.f. bryan jr., e.h.; neal, m.c. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 6/6/1932
89 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. 2436 Burbank St., J. L. Robertson's garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Neal, M.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 7/4/1939
90 Heliconia metallica Planch. & Linden ex Hook. Honolulu, Nuuanu Valley, Luakaha In damp, shaded garden. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Neal, M.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 6/12/1941
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