"We built upon the valuable time and resources that past researchers have spent going out into the field and counting plant populations." The genus Heliconia contains 187 species of tropical plants ...

The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

The genus Heliconia contains 187 species of tropical plants related to bananas. While a handful of Heliconia species are native to western Pacific islands, the majority live in rainforests ...

Published today, March 7, in the journal Plants, People, Planet, the research reveals that nearly half of the 187 species of Heliconia are now threatened with extinction, primarily due to habitat ...

Others evoke lobster claws or toucan beaks. Gardeners have cultivated Heliconia species for centuries as striking ornamental plants. This popularity has put some species at risk of ...

This species was discovered and named by John Kress, an emeritus curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and one of the authors of the new study. Heliconia plants are ...

Gardeners have cultivated Heliconia species for centuries as striking ornamental plants. This popularity has put some species at risk of overexploitation and poaching. In addition, Heliconia ...

Emblems of the Tropics The genus Heliconia contains 187 species of tropical plants related to bananas. While a handful of Heliconia species are native to western Pacific islands, the majority live ...

Heliconia bella in Panama. This species was discovered and named by John Kress, an emeritus curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and one of the authors of the new study.