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Accession Data:

Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican Huber

  • subg. Heliconia sect. Heliconia

  • Common Name: Dwarf Jamaican Heliconia
  • Family: Heliconiaceae

  • Country of Origin: southern Tropical America

  • USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201400169
  • Source: Mike Bordelon - Smithsonian Institution
  • Provenance:
    Smithsonian# 1994637
    Kress# 78-1043
    Collector: W. John Kress 78-1043
    ex hort, Costa Rica, Las Cruces Botanical Garden
    
  • Accession Date: 07-15-2014
  • Bench: 1308 - NEOA: West Bench SC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-27-2025

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
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014

References (internal):

  • Plants from the Kress Collection (NMNH/Smithsonian)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil North

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, July 01, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2014). 'World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, July 01, 2016.
  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 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:39:04 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican

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Current Accessions in the Heliconiaceae

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