Heliconia tortuosa

Heliconia tortuosa

taxobox
name = "Heliconia tortuosa"



image_caption = "H. tortuosa" in Monteverde, Costa Rica
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Monocots
unranked_ordo = Commelinids
ordo = Zingiberales
familia = Heliconiaceae
genus = "Heliconia"
species = "H. tortuosa"
binomial = "Heliconia tortuosa"
binomial_authority = Griggs|

"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.


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