Hellenia is a genus of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus with this name in 1791. It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Queensland. The type species was "H. grandiflora" <small>Retz.</small>, which is a synonym of Hellenia speciosa.
Species
Plants of the World Online currently includes the following (with some botanists preferring to retain the genus Cheilocostus):
- Hellenia deliniana
- Hellenia lacera <small>(Gagnep.) Govaerts</small>
- Hellenia meghalayensis
- Hellenia oblonga
- Hellenia paramjitii
- Hellenia sopuensis <small>(Maas & H.Maas) Govaerts</small>
- Hellenia speciosa <small>(J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta</small> (synonym Cheilocostus speciosus) â 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
Formerly included
now in other genera: Alpinia, Hornstedtia, Parahellenia, Plagiostachys
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