Hellenia
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Hellenia is a genus of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus with this name in 1791.[4][2][5] It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Queensland.[1] The type species was "H. grandiflora" Retz., which is a synonym of Hellenia speciosa.
Species
Plants of the World Online[6] currently includes the following (with some botanists[7] preferring to retain the genus Cheilocostus):
- Hellenia deliniana Juan Chen, L.Y.Zeng & N.H.Xia
- Hellenia lacera (Gagnep.) Govaerts
- Hellenia meghalayensis Ram.Kumar, Sushil K.Singh & B.K.Sinha
- Hellenia oblonga (S.Q.Tong) Juan Chen, L.Y.Zeng & N.H.Xia
- Hellenia paramjitii Ram.Kumar, Sushil K.Singh & S.Sharma
- Hellenia sopuensis (Maas & H.Maas) Govaerts
- Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta (synonym Cheilocostus speciosus) – China, Indian Subcontinent, Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Queensland; naturalized in Mauritius, Réunion, Hawaii, Central America, West Indies
- Hellenia viridis (S.Q.Tong) Juan Chen, L.Y.Zeng & N.H.Xia
Formerly included
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References
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- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b c Tropicos, Hellenia Retz.
- ^ Tropicos, search for Banksia
- ^ Retzius, Anders Jahan. 1791. Observationes Botanicae 6: 18
- ^ Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hellenia Retz". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ^ Leong-Škorničková J, Šída O (2016) Proposal to conserve the name Cheilocostus against Hellenia and Tsiana (Costaceae). Taxon (2482) 65: 1426–1427.
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