Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 502

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-COMMON_NAMES-Parrot-beaked Heliconia,
False Bird of Paradise, Wild Plantarn,
Parrot's Flower, Parakeet Flower,
Parrot's Plartain
-GENUS- Heliconia
-SPECIES- Heliconia psittacorum
-CLASS- Pentandria
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Banks

-MODERN_GENUS- Heliconia 
-MODERN_SPECIES- Heliconia psittacorum
-MODERN_FAMILY- Heliconiaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- yellow-green, orange or red with
dark green apical bards tipped white 
-SEASON-__ 
-NATIVE_REGION- E Brazil to lesser Antilles
-ZONE- 10
-NON_PREF_TERM-GENUS- Heliconia
-NON_PREF_TERM-SPECIES- Heliconia Cannoidea

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 14
-PUB_DATE- 1801
-REISSUED-__
-EDITOR- William Curtis
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD-Disc 0414 IMG0118.PCD