1.1. 1. Heliconia section Heliconiopsis (Miq.) W. J. Kress, comb. et stat. nov.

Figs 3 A, B

Heliconiopsis Miq., Fl. Nederl. Ind. 3: 590. 1859.

Type.

Heliconiopsis amboinensis Miq. (≡ Heliconia buccinata Roxb.).

Description and taxonomic notes.

Medium- to large-sized rhizomatous herbs with Musa - like habit. Inflorescence erect or pendent, with peduncle, rachis and cincinnal bracts green-colored; cincinnal bracts distichous or spirally arranged. Flowers with diurnal or nocturnal anthesis, not resupinate and fully or partially enclosed in bracts; perianth uniformly curved, essentially green; ovary green to yellow to orange. Fruits bright red or orange, glabrous to tomentose. This section includes all six known species native to the Asian-Pacific tropics from Samoa in the South Pacific to New Caledonia. The sectional clade has 1.0 LPP support in the phylogenomic analysis.

Species.

* Heliconia indica Lam. (syn.: H. buccinata Roxb.); * H. lanata (Green) W. J. Kress; * H. laufao W. J. Kress; * H. paka A. C. Smith; + H. papuana W. J. Kress; * H. solomonensis W. J. Kress .

Distribution.

Tropical Asia-Pacific (Fiji, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu).