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Heliconia collinsiana

Griggs (1903)

This name is accepted

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

red hanging heliconia

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 648 (1903)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Heliconia collinsiana Foster Botanical Garden Preserved_Specimen Fl. head drooping; bracts & rachis bright red, bracts longer & narrower than in H. platystachyia, rachis slenderer; juv. frt & pedicels light yellow; fls. long, narrow 2 x 3/16 (above avary) orange. Robertson, J.L. Oahu BISH 1942-08-25
2 Heliconia collinsiana Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen 3.5-4m ht; stems glaucous, ellipsoid, 6cm diam at base; blades 1.4x0.4m, densely glaucous beneath; petiole 50cm; infl pendent, 60cm long; bracts 11, boat-shaped, red; fertile bracts 10; flowers yellow, 5.5cm. Nagata, K.M. 3138 Oahu BISH 1985-01-03
3 Heliconia collinsiana Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen 3.5-4m ht; stems glaucous, ellipsoid, 6cm diam at base; blades 1.4x0.4m, densely glaucous beneath; petiole 50cm; infl pendent, 60cm long; bracts 11, boat-shaped, red; fertile bracts 10; flowers yellow, 5.5cm. Nagata, K.M. 3138 Oahu BISH 1985-01-03
4 Heliconia collinsiana Foster Botanical Garden Partial shade. Preserved_Specimen Dense clumps; lvs reaching up to 3 m high; infl. a blend of orange red, scarlet & crimson; ovaries creamy yellow; tepals creamy yellow proximally, orange distally. Lau, J. 1734 Oahu BISH 1985-12-10
5 Heliconia collinsiana 2436 Burbank Street Preserved_Specimen Plants ca. 6' high, stalks slightly white podery; lvs shiny green above, white powdery below; fl bracts bright red; frt pale yellow; pedicels 0.75 long. distally. Robertson, J.L. Oahu BISH 1943-11-12
6 Heliconia collinsiana 2436 Burbank Street Preserved_Specimen Plants ca. 6' high, stalks slightly white podery; lvs shiny green above, white powdery below; fl bracts bright red; frt pale yellow; pedicels 0.75 long. distally. Robertson, J.L. Oahu BISH 1943-11-12
7 Heliconia collinsiana Wahiawa Botanical Gardens Preserved_Specimen Herb to 3.5 m; stems green, glaucous; lvs dark shiny green above, glaucous below; infl. hanging, bracts bright red; flwr white w/light blue tinge. Teraoka, W. 325 Oahu BISH 1980-07-22
8 Heliconia collinsiana Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen 3.5-4m ht; stems glaucous, ellipsoid, 6cm diam at base; blades 1.4x0.4m, densely glaucous beneath; petiole 50cm; infl pendent, 60cm long; bracts 11, boat-shaped, red; fertile bracts 10; flowers yellow, 5.5cm. Nagata, K.M. 3138 Oahu BISH 1985-01-03
9 Heliconia collinsiana Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen 3.5-4m ht; stems glaucous, ellipsoid, 6cm diam at base; blades 1.4x0.4m, densely glaucous beneath; petiole 50cm; infl pendent, 60cm long; bracts 11, boat-shaped, red; fertile bracts 10; flowers yellow, 5.5cm. Nagata, K.M. 3138 Oahu BISH 1985-01-03
10 Heliconia collinsiana Foster Botanical Garden Partial shade. Preserved_Specimen Dense clumps; lvs reaching up to 3 m high; infl. a blend of orange red, scarlet & crimson; ovaries creamy yellow; tepals creamy yellow proximally, orange distally. Lau, J. 1734 Oahu BISH 1985-12-10
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