Hellenia

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]

species[1]
  • Hellenia globosa (Blume) S.R.Dutta - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java
  • Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta - China, Indian Subcontinent, Andaman & Nicobar, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Queensland; naturalized in Mauritius, Réunion, Hawaii, Central America, West Indies
formerly included[1]

Hellenia
Hellenia speciosa (as "Costus speciosus")
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Costaceae
Genus: Hellenia
Retz. 1791 not Willd. 1797 (syn of Alpinia in Zingiberaceae)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Banksea J.Koenig 1783, illegitimate parahomonym, not Banksia J.R Forster & J. G. A. Forster 1775 (Thymelaeaceae) nor Banksia L. f. 1782 (Proteaceae) nor Banksia Bruce 1790 (Rosaceae) nor Banksia Dombey ex DC. 1828 (Lythraceae)[2][3]
  • Tsiana J.F.Gmel.
  • Planera Giseke 1792, illegitimate homonym not J.F. Gmel. 1791 (Ulmaceae)
  • Cheilocostus C.D.Specht
  • Pyxa Noronha

now in other genera: Alpinia Hornstedtia Plagiostachys

  • H. abnormis - Alpinia chinensis
  • H. alba - Alpinia galanga
  • H. allughas - Alpinia nigra
  • H. aquatica - Alpinia aquatica
  • H. arctiflora - Alpinia arctiflora
  • H. bracteata - Alpinia ludwigiana
  • H. caerulea - Alpinia caerulea
  • H. chinensis - Alpinia chinensis
  • H. gracilis - Alpinia elegans
  • H. melanocarpa - Alpinia aquatica
  • H. parviflora - Plagiostachys parviflora
  • H. pubiflora - Alpinia pubiflora
  • H. rubra - Hornstedtia rubra
  • H. rufa - Alpinia rufa
  • H. scabra - Alpinia scabra

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Tropicos, Hellenia Retz.
  3. Tropicos, search for Banksia
  4. Retzius, Anders Jahan. 1791. Observationes Botanicae 6: 18
  5. Specht, C. D. & D. W. Stevenson. 2006. A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales). Taxon 55(1): 153–163
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