Hellenia
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 :- Hellenia deliniana
- Hellenia lacera Govaerts
- Hellenia meghalayensis
- Hellenia oblonga
- Hellenia paramjitii
- Hellenia sopuensis Govaerts
- Hellenia speciosa 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
- ''Hellenia viridis''
Formerly included