⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-248379, with some changes.

Heliconia elegans Petersen is a synonym of Heliconia mariae Hook.f.

This name is a synonym of Heliconia mariae Hook.f..

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym (record 248379) with original publication details: Fl. Bras. 3(3): 12 1890.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:119353-2.