heterotypic synonyms:
Bihai poeppigiana (Eichler ex Petersen) Kuntze; Bihai rostrata (Ruiz & Pav.) Griggs; Heliconia poeppigiana Eichler ex Petersen;
protologue: Fl. Peruv. 3: 71 (1802) [url checked 20191028]
2 503294 Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & PavonH. Ruiz, J. Pavón, Draw. Roy. Bot. Exped. Viceroy. Peru: t. 577 [305] (1777) [I. Galvez]
2 503294 Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & PavonH. Ruíz López, J.A. Pavon, Fl. Peruv., vol. 2 (Plates 153-325): p. 71, t. 305 (1798) [I. Galvez]
2 503294 Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & PavonIllustrations_Benjamin_Cardenas_Valderrama: () [Benjamin Cardenas Valderrama]
2 503294 Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & PavonH. Ruíz López, J.A. Pavon, Fl. Peruv., vol. 2(coloured version): (Plates 153-325): p. 71, t. 305 (1798)
2 503294 Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & PavonJ.S. Kerner, Hort. Semperv., vol. 37 : t. 433 (1815) [J.S. Kerner]
503294Heliconia rostrata Ruiz & Pavon
Bol. Mus. Gouldi Paraense, Ci. Nat., vol. 13 : p. 375, fig. 1F-I (1904-1914)