Type : Guyane française, piedmonts sud de la montagne de Kaw, bords de la Counana ["ad ripas amnis Conana"],1847, F.M.R. Leprieur s.n. (P01639606, P01639607 [ex hb. Richard; Heliconia dasyantha K.Koch & C.D.Bouché 1855, det. Eichler; "Heliconia Humbertii I.E.Lane Type", rev. Irwin E. Lane, 19/04/1955], P01639610, P01639611 [ex hb. Richard], P01639612 ["Heliconia glauca Leprieur"1855; "Heliconia Humbertii I.E.Lane Isotype", rev. Irwin E. Lane, 19/04/1955]).

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