⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-21500461, and has not been changed.

Heliconia thyrsoidea Mart. ex Petersen is a synonym of Heliconia episcopalis Vell.

This name is a synonym of Heliconia episcopalis Vell..

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 21500461) with original publication details: Fl. Bras. 3(3): 11 11 1890.