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Bird-of-paradise flowers
Strelitzia
Strelitzia /strɛˈlɪtsiə/ is a genus of five species of perennial plants, native to South Africa. It belongs to the plant family Strelitziaceae. The genus is named after the duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, birthplace of Queen Charlotte of the United Kingdom. A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower / plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa it is commonly known as a crane flower and is featured on...
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common bird-of-paradise flower
speciesStrelitzia reginae
giant bird-of-paradise flower
speciesStrelitzia nicolai
African desert banana
speciesStrelitzia juncea
mountain bird-of-paradise flower
speciesStrelitzia caudata
white bird-of-paradise flower
speciesStrelitzia alba
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Strelitzia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48316.