Hellenia

	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 botanistsLeong-Škorničková J, Šída O (2016) Proposal to conserve the name ''Cheilocostus'' against ''Hellenia'' and '' Tsiana'' (Costaceae). ''Taxon'' (2482) 65: 1426-1427. 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, Malaysi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Costaceae Costaceae, known as the ''Costus'' family or spiral gingers, is a family of pantropical monocots. It belongs to the order Zingiberales, which contains horticulturally and economically important plants such as the banana (Musaceae), bird-of-paradise (Strelitziaceae), and edible ginger (Zingiberaceae). The seven genera in Costaceae together contain about 143 known species (1 in ''Monocostus'', 2 in ''Dimerocostus'', 16 in ''Tapeinochilos'', 2 in ''Paracostus'', 8 in ''Chamaecostus'', c. 5 in ''Hellenia'', and c. 80 in ''Costus'').Chelsea D. Specht & Dennis Wm. Stevenson. 2006. "A new phylogeny-based generic classification of Costaceae (Zingiberales)".''Taxon'' 55(1):153-163. (See ''External links'' below). They are native to tropical climates of Asia, Africa, Central America, and South America. Several species are frequently found in cultivation. Description The simple leaves are entire and spirally arranged, with those toward the base of the stem usually bladeless. Leaf ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hellenia Speciosa ''Cheilocostus speciosus'', or crêpe ginger, is a species of flowering plant in the family Costaceae. Some botanists have now revived the synonym ''Hellenia speciosa'' for this species. It is native to southeast Asia and surrounding regions, from India to China to Queensland, It is especially common on the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is also reportedly naturalized in Puerto Rico, Mauritius, Réunion, Fiji, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Belize, Melanesia, Micronesia, and the West Indies. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental. Description ''Cheilocostus speciosus'' and other members of the Costaceae differ from gingers by having only one row of spirally arranged leaves. The species reproduces vegetatively by rhizome, and birds disperse the seeds when they feed on the fruits. This plant is cultivated in South Asia and Southeast Asia for its medicinal uses, and is cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. In some areas ''Cheilocostus speciosus'' is introduced and has become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cheilocostus Speciosus ''Cheilocostus speciosus'', or crêpe ginger, is a species of flowering plant in the family Costaceae. Some botanists have now revived the synonym ''Hellenia speciosa'' for this species. It is native to southeast Asia and surrounding regions, from India to China to Queensland, It is especially common on the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is also reportedly naturalized in Puerto Rico, Mauritius, Réunion, Fiji, Hawaii, Costa Rica, Belize, Melanesia, Micronesia, and the West Indies. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental. Description ''Cheilocostus speciosus'' and other members of the Costaceae differ from gingers by having only one row of spirally arranged leaves. The species reproduces vegetatively by rhizome, and birds disperse the seeds when they feed on the fruits. This plant is cultivated in South Asia and Southeast Asia for its medicinal uses, and is cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. In some areas ''Cheilocostus speciosus'' is introduced and has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Cheilocostus ''Cheilocostus'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Costaceae, with the type species '' C. speciosus''. Databases are currently (September 2020) inconsistent, with some botanists preferring to place the five species in the genus '' Hellenia''. Species The Plant List lists five accepted species: * '' Cheilocostus borneensis'' A.D.Poulsen * '' Cheilocostus globosus'' (Blume) C.D.Specht * '' Cheilocostus lacerus'' (Gagnep.) C.D.Specht * '' Cheilocostus sopuensis'' (Maas & H.Maas) C.D.Specht * ''Cheilocostus speciosus ''Cheilocostus speciosus'', or crêpe ginger, is a species of flowering plant in the family Costaceae. Some botanists have now revived the synonym '' Hellenia speciosa'' for this species. It is native to southeast Asia and surrounding regions ...'' (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht References External links * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q311955 Costaceae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Alpinia Arctiflora ''Alpinia arctiflora'' is a plant in the ginger family ( Zingiberaceae) endemic to Queensland. Description ''Alpinia arctiflora'' is a rhizomatous herb, meaning that the stem takes the form of an underground rhizome with only the leafy shoots and flowers appearing above ground. It grows to around high, each shoot carrying a number of lanceolate leaves on short petioles, each about long by wide. The inflorescence is an erect terminal panicle about long. The white flowers have a pale green to cream calyx about long, a white corolla tube about long, and a distinctive broad labellum, tinted with yellow in the centre, about long and wide. The fruit is a somewhat cylindical dehiscent capsule to long. The calyx persists at the tip of the capsule, and it holds numerous black or brown seeds about diameter. It is green at first, turning grey/brown at maturity. Phenology Flowering occurs from August to April and the fruits ripen from February to August. Taxonomy The snow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hornstedtia ''Hornstedtia'' is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, southern China, New Guinea, Melanesia and Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ .... ; species References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2711925 Zingiberaceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Plagiostachys ''Plagiostachys'' is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin .... ; species References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2711932 Alpinioideae Zingiberaceae genera * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]