how is Lewisia and Heliconia connected?
Heliconia Heliconia, derived from the Greek word "helikonios", is a genus of flowering plants in the family Heliconiaceae. Most of the ca 194 known species are native to the tropical Americas, but a few are indigenous to certain islands of the western Pacific and Maluku. Many species of "Heliconia" are found in rainforests or tropical wet forests of these regions. Several species are widely cultivated as ornamentals, and a few are naturalized in Florida, Gambia and Thailand. Common names for the genus include lobster-claws, toucan peak, wild plantains or false bird-of-paradise. The last term refers to their close similarity to the bird-of-paradise flowers ("Strelitzia"). Collectively, these plants are also simply referred to as "heliconias".
Thrinacia Thrinakia (Ancient Greek: Θρινακία , ] ), also called Trinacria or Tarnationus, is the island home of Helios's cattle in Book XII of Homer's "Odyssey", guarded by Helios' eldest daughter, Lampetia. It is sometimes said to have been Sicily, since the name "Thrinacia" could be taken to imply a connection to the number three (Greek "treis, tria" sounds vaguely similar to Thri-) and Sicily has three corners (cf. Trinacria, an alternate name for Sicily). However, the island is also associated with Malta, and that Sicily is often identified with the episode of the Cyclopes only serves to underscore the shaky footing any geographer is on when trying to identify Homer's locations.