Hellenia | |
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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] | |
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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.
Plants of the World Online[6] currently includes the following (with some botanists[7] preferring to retain the genus Cheilocostus):
now in other genera: Alpinia Hornstedtia Plagiostachys