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Hellenia
Sign in to saveHellenia 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" Retz., which is a synonym of Hellenia speciosa.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Costaceae
- Collections
- BRIT, MO
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Peru
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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" Retz., 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 (Gagnep.) Govaerts Hellenia meghalayensis Hellenia oblonga Hellenia paramjitii 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
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