Heliconia acuminata

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|image = False Bird-of-paradise (Heliconia acuminata) (28283687409).jpg

|genus = Heliconia

|species = acuminata

|authority = Rich.

|synonyms = Bihai acuminata (A.Rich.) Kuntze

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-248273 The Plant List Heliconia acuminata]

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Heliconia acuminata (syn.: Heliconia pearcei Rusby) is a species of plant in the family Heliconiaceae. It is an erect herb, typically growing 1.6 m tall, native to the South American countries of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia and Peru.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=248273 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Heliconia acuminata]Richard, Louis Claude Marie. 1831. Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Exhibentia Ephemerides sive Observationes Historias et Experimenta 15(Suppl.): 26–27, t. 11–12, Heliconia acuminata It is also grown as an ornamental plant in other regions.Lorenzi, H.; Souza, M.S. (2001) Plantas Ornamentais no Brasil: arbustivas, herbáceas e trepadeiras. [http://www.plantarum.com.br/ Plantarum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101225909/http://www.plantarum.com.br/ |date=2019-01-01 }} {{ISBN|85-86714-12-7}}