Heliconia indica
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Heliconia indica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Zingiberales |
Family: | Heliconiaceae |
Genus: | Heliconia |
Species: | H. indica
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Binomial name | |
Heliconia indica Lam.
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Heliconia indica is a species of plant in the family Heliconiaceae. It is found in Maluku and the southwest Pacific.[1]
Names
Heliconia indica is reconstructed as *rako in the Proto-Eastern Oceanic language, the reconstructed ancestor of the Eastern Oceanic languages.[2]
References
- ^ "Heliconia indica — Plants of the World Online". www.plantsoftheworldonline.org. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (eds). 2008. The lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. Volume 3: Plants. Pacific Linguistics 599. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Australian National University.