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pink flamingo heliconia

Heliconia chartacea

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 26, February 31, March 25, April 12, May 20, June 16, July 12, August 24, September 11, October 7, November 7, December 16.
Costa Rica207
Provincia Alajuela87
Provincia Puntarenas77
Ecuador20
Colombia19
Peru17
Provincia Heredia16
Brazil13
Provincia San José13
Panama12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergingers, bananas, and allies · Zingiberales
FamilyHeliconiaceae
GenusHeliconias · Heliconia

Sources

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