Genus Hellenia Retz.

Homonym Hellenia Willd.


Summary
Genus number:
29115
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Costaceae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
proposed for rejection (nom. rej. prop.) against the homotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4) Cheilocostus C. D. Specht, nom.cons. prop. under the assumption that the earlier synonym Banksea J. Koenig is an illegitimate later homonym of Banksia J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. and Banksia L. f.


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References:
  1. Leong-Škorničková, J. & O. Šída. 2016. (2482) Proposal to conserve the name Cheilocostus against Hellenia and Tsiana (Costaceae). Taxon 65:1426-1427.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=29115. Accessed 11 May 2026.