Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Heliconia psittacorum
Heliconia, platanillos, pico de loro, Parrot's-flower, Parrot's-plantain
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Zingiberales
Family
Heliconiaceae
Genus
Heliconia
Species
psittacorum
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Panama to S. Tropical America (POWO, 2023).
- WFO (2021) World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/ WFO (2021): World Flora Online. Published on the Internet; http://www.worldfloraonline.org.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
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"Galapagos Species Database, Heliconia psittacorum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25047. Accessed 28 June 2025.