- The
Strelitziaceae comprise a
family of
monocotyledonous flowering plants, very
similar in
appearance and
growth habit to
members of the
related families...
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Zingiberaceae (gingers),
Musaceae (bananas),
Heliconiaceae (heliconias),
Strelitziaceae (bird-of-paradise),
Costaceae (spiral gingers),
Cannaceae (canna lilies)...
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perennial plants,
native to
South Africa. It
belongs to the
plant family Strelitziaceae. A
common name of the
genus is bird of
paradise flower/plant, because...
- (Monocotyledoneae) that
comprises Musaceae (the
banana family), Lowiaceae,
Strelitziaceae, and Heliconiaceae.
These taxa
differentiate from the "ginger-families"...
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found in Madagascar. It is not a true palm but a
member of the
family Strelitziaceae. It has been
given the name "traveller's palm"
because the
sheaths of...
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Ravenala are not true
palms (family Arecaceae) but
members of the
family Strelitziaceae. The
genus is
closely related to the
southern African genus Strelitzia...
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economically important plants such as the
banana (Musaceae), bird-of-paradise (
Strelitziaceae), and
edible ginger (Zingiberaceae). The
seven genera in
Costaceae together...
- Specht,
Chelsea (2012). "Phylogenetic
Relationships and
Evolution in the
Strelitziaceae (Zingiberales)".
Systematic Botany. 37 (3): 606–619. doi:10.1600/036364412X648562...
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family commonly included the
genera now
included in
Heliconiaceae and
Strelitziaceae. The APG III system, of 2009 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998),...
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Phenakospermum is a
monotypic genus in the
family Strelitziaceae. Only one
species is recognized,
Phenakospermum guyannense,
native to Suriname, French...
