found: Work cat.: Bird-of-paradise, 1998.
found: USDA plants database, July 24, 2008(Strelitzia (genus); bird-of-paradise)
found: Web. 3(small genus of large African herbs (family Musaceae) resembling the banana)
found: Wikipedia, July 24, 2008(Strelitzia: genus of five species of perennial plants native to So. Africa; common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower; in So. Africa common name is crane flower; Strelitzia reginae: common names include Strelitzia, crane flower, or bird of paradise, though these names are also collectively applied to other species in the genus Strelitzia; Strelitziacea: the genera of Strelitziaceae have been included in Musaceae in some classifications, but are generally recognized as a separate family in more recent treatments such as the APG II system (2003); the APG II system assigns Strelitziaceae to the order Zingiberales in the commelinid clade; Strelitziaceae includes three genera, all occurring in tropical to subtropical regions: Strelitzia with 5 species in southern Africa, Ravenala with a single species in Madagascar, and Phenakospermum with a single species in northern South America)
notfound: ITIS, July 24, 2008