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Heliconia tortuosa
	H. tortuosa in Monteverde, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Heliconiaceae
Genus:	Heliconia
Species:	H. tortuosa
Binomial name
	Heliconia tortuosa; Griggs
Synonyms
	Bihai tortuosa (Griggs) Griggs

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Heliconia tortuosa is an herbaceous tropical perennial commonly found in secondary succession in montane forests in Central America and southern Mexico (Chiapas and Tabasco).^[2] It is moderately shade tolerant. It has also been widely cultivated as a garden plant for its showy, usually twisted (hence the name tortuosa) inflorescences.^[3]^[4]

Heliconia tortuosa is selective with its pollination, allowing only green hermit and violet sabrewing hummingbirds to pollinate its flowers.^[5]

References

^ The Plant List, Heliconia tortuosa
^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia tortuosa
^ Andersson, L. 1992. Revision of Heliconia subgen. Taeniostrobus and subgen. Heliconia (Musaceae-Heliconioideae). Opera Botanica 111: 1–98.
^ Griggs, Robert Fiske. 1903. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 30(12): 650, t. 29, f. 1. Heliconia tortuosa
^ Betts, Matthew G.; Hadley, Adam S. & Kress, W. John (10 February 2015). "Pollinator recognition by a keystone tropical plant". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (11): 3433–3438. Bibcode:2015PNAS..112.3433B. doi:10.1073/pnas.1419522112. PMC 4371984. PMID 25733902.

External links

Heliconia tortuosa observations on iNaturalist

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[1] The Plant List, Heliconia tortuosa

[2] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia tortuosa

[3] Andersson, L. 1992. Revision of Heliconia subgen. Taeniostrobus and subgen. Heliconia (Musaceae-Heliconioideae). Opera Botanica 111: 1–98.

[4] Griggs, Robert Fiske. 1903. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 30(12): 650, t. 29, f. 1. Heliconia tortuosa

[5] Betts, Matthew G.; Hadley, Adam S. & Kress, W. John (10 February 2015). "Pollinator recognition by a keystone tropical plant". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112 (11): 3433–3438. Bibcode:2015PNAS..112.3433B. doi:10.1073/pnas.1419522112. PMC 4371984. PMID 25733902.

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 |image = Heliconia-tortuosa.jpg
 |image_caption = ''H. tortuosa'' in [[Monteverde]], [[Costa Rica]]
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-|unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]]
+|synonyms = ''Bihai tortuosa'' <small>(Griggs) Griggs </small>
-|ordo = [[Zingiberales]]
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-'''''Heliconia tortuosa''''' is an herbaceous tropical perennial commonly found in secondary succession in montane forests. It has also been widely cultivated as a garden plant for its showy, usually twisted (hence the name ''tortuosa'') inflorescences.
+'''''Heliconia tortuosa''''' is an herbaceous tropical perennial commonly found in secondary succession in montane forests in [[Central America]] and southern [[Mexico]] ([[Chiapas]] and [[Tabasco]]).<ref>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=248635 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Heliconia tortuosa'']</ref> It is moderately shade tolerant. It has also been widely cultivated as a garden plant for its showy, usually twisted (hence the name ''tortuosa'') inflorescences.<ref>Andersson, L. 1992. Revision of ''Heliconia'' subgen. ''Taeniostrobus'' and subgen. ''Heliconia'' (Musaceae-Heliconioideae). Opera Botanica 111: 1–98.</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/713407#page/755/mode/1up Griggs, Robert Fiske. 1903.  Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 30(12): 650, t. 29, f. 1. ''Heliconia tortuosa'']</ref>
+''Heliconia tortuosa'' is selective with its pollination, allowing only [[green hermit]] and [[violet sabrewing]] [[hummingbird]]s to pollinate its flowers.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Pollinator recognition by a keystone tropical plant|author=Betts, Matthew G.|author2=Hadley, Adam S.|author3=Kress, W. John|name-list-style=amp|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America|date=10 February 2015|doi=10.1073/pnas.1419522112|volume=112|issue=11|pages=3433–3438|pmc=4371984|pmid=25733902|bibcode=2015PNAS..112.3433B|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+==External links==
+* [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&subview=map&taxon_id=283633 Heliconia tortuosa observations on iNaturalist]
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-[[Category:Flowers]]
+[[Category:Flora of Chiapas]]
+[[Category:Flora of Tabasco]]
+[[Category:Flora of Central America]]
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