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 (with some botanists preferring to retain the genus Cheilocostus):
 * Hellenia borneensis (A.D.Poulsen) Govaerts
 * Hellenia globosa (Blume) S.R.Dutta - Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java
 * Hellenia lacera (Gagnep.) Govaerts
 * 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

now in other genera: Alpinia Hornstedtia Plagiostachys • H. abnormis - Alpinia chinensis
 * formerly included

• 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