Heliconia obscura explained

Heliconia obscura is a species of plant in the family Heliconiaceae.^[1] It is native to Ecuador and Peru.^[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, inflorescence of Heliconia obscura

Notes and References

1. Dodson, Calaway Homer & Gentry, Alwyn Howard. 1978. Selbyana 2: 297–298, f. 2D. Heliconia obscura
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=248509 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia obscura