目： 薑目
科： 赫蕉科
赫蕉屬是單子葉植物赫蕉科的一屬，原產於熱帶美洲和西太平洋地區。本屬又稱為蠍尾蕉屬。英文名稱是龍蝦爪、假天堂鳥花。赫蕉科只有赫蕉屬一屬，本屬約有100-200種，主要分佈在美洲。赫蕉屬的一些種類因具有艷麗多彩的蠟質苞片，常被栽培做切花與庭園造景使用，真正的花很小，初期藏在苞片裡面，以後會漸漸的露出到苞片外面。赫蕉的生長習性和美人蕉、天堂鳥花及香蕉等類似，這些植物通常都具有草質莖，葉大，長橢圓形，葉對生。
常見的種類有下列各種：
1.
Heliconia Augusta
http://www.utopiapalmsandcycads.com/Hel ... orange.htm
2.
火紅赫蕉 Heliconia bihai
http://www.brazilplants.com/heliconiace ... bihai.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconia_bihai
http://www.brazilplants.com/heliconiace ... -bihai.jpg
3.
Heliconia brasiliensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconia_brasiliensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heliconia_angusta.jpg
4.
Heliconia caribaea 大豔紅赫蕉
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Helic ... ribaea.jpg
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/ ... ibaea2.jpg
http://www.mrflora.com/bt_dayanhonghejiao.htm
5.
Heliconia latispatha
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... spatha.jpg
6.
Heliconia pendula
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Heliconia_pendula
7.
鸚黃赫蕉 Heliconia psittacorum (小天堂鳥)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/753479962/
8.
金鳥赫蕉 Heliconia rostrata
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!1kPpuSmZB ... le?mid=540
9.
Heliconia schiediana
Heliconia citrina
Heliconia spissa
10.
艷黃赫蕉 Heliconia wagneriana
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nobuflickr/3532452271/
11.Heliconia_rostrata
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconia_rostrata
12.Heliconia_vellerigera
http://heliconiaparadise.com/Heliconia_vellerigera.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25747229@N ... 278909194/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Helic ... igera1.jpg
取自"http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit ... iant=zh-tw"
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B5%AB% ... 9%E5%B1%AC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Heliconia
http://andromeda.cavehill.uwi.edu/heliconia_photos.htm
http://www.brazilplants.com/heliconiaceae/
多種栽培種圖檔(有七頁,按小圖可放大)
http://www.heliconiasocietypr.org/helic ... ivars7.htm
http://botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/g ... iconiaceae
圖檔
http://www.flickr.com/photos/volunteerp ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/volunteerp ... 438827213/
