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Accession Data:

Heliconia caribaea Lam.

  • subg. Heliconia sect. Heliconia

  • Common Name: Lobster Claw
  • Family: Heliconiaceae

  • Country of Origin: Caribbean

  • USDA Zone: 10b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500554
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1303 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 NE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-08-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Heliconiaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
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2004

References (internal):

  • Bird Pollination (ornithophily)
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Puerto Rico / Windward Is.

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, January 26, 2017.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, January 26, 2017.
  3. Kress (1984, 1990a, 1994, unpubl.) and Andersson (1981, 1985a, 1992), Preliminary classification of Heliconia. Last accessed on Thursday, January 26, 2017.

data regenerated on Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:06:03 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Heliconiaceae

  • Heliconia acuminata
  • Heliconia caribaea
  • Heliconia mutisiana
  • Heliconia psittacorum Kaleidoscope
  • Heliconia rostrata
  • Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican
W/C = Wild Collected
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