Hellenia

Hellenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): 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

Hellenia is a group 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]
  1. Hellenia globosa (Blume) S.R.Dutta - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java
  2. 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]

now in other genera: Alpinia Hornstedtia Plagiostachys

  1. H. abnormis - Alpinia chinensis
  2. H. alba - Alpinia galanga
  3. H. allughas - Alpinia nigra
  4. H. aquatica - Alpinia aquatica
  5. H. arctiflora - Alpinia arctiflora
  6. H. bracteata - Alpinia ludwigiana
  7. H. caerulea - Alpinia caerulea
  8. H. chinensis - Alpinia chinensis
  9. H. gracilis - Alpinia elegans
  10. H. melanocarpa - Alpinia aquatica
  11. H. parviflora - Plagiostachys parviflora
  12. H. pubiflora - Alpinia pubiflora
  13. H. rubra - Hornstedtia rubra
  14. H. rufa - Alpinia rufa
  15. H. scabra - Alpinia scabra

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 3 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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