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Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta

This species name was first published in Pleione 7: 228 (2013)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001354099.

Synonyms of Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Banksea speciosa J.Koenig Observ. Bot. 3: 75 (1783) wfo-0000340944
Costus angustifolius Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 8: t. 665 (1822) wfo-0000362847
Costus argyrophyllus Wall. Numer. List : n.° 6555 G, H (1832) wfo-0000362861
Costus crispiflorus Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 75 (1812) wfo-0000362953
Costus foeniculaceus Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 12 (1790) wfo-0000363019
Costus formosanus Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 17: 199 (1941) wfo-0000363022
Costus glaber (K.Schum.) Merr. Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 1: 246 (1924) wfo-0000363047
Costus glabratus Rchb. Handb. Gewächsk., ed. 2. 1: 8 (1829) wfo-0000363053
Costus hirsutus Blume Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 61 (1827) wfo-0000363087
Costus lamingtonii F.M.Bailey Queensland Agric. J. 3: 160 (1898) wfo-0000363117
Costus loureiroi Horan. Prodr. Monogr. Scitam. : 38 (1862) wfo-0000363175
Costus nepalensis Roscoe Monandr. Pl. Scitam. : t. 80 (1826) wfo-0000363243
Costus potierae F.Muell. Fragm. 4: 164 (1864) wfo-0000363405
Costus sericeus Blume Enum. Pl. Javae : 62 (1827) wfo-0000363586
Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 249 (1791) wfo-0000363601
Costus speciosus var. angustifolius Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 8: t. 665 (1822) wfo-0000363603
Costus speciosus var. argyrophyllus Wall. ex Baker Fl. Brit. India 6: 249 (1892) wfo-0000363604
Costus speciosus var. dilnavaziae M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 96: 355 (1999) wfo-0000363608
Costus speciosus var. formosanus (Nakai) S.S.Ying Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 21: 117 (1988) wfo-0000363610
Costus speciosus var. glaber K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 343 (1899) wfo-0000363613
Costus speciosus var. hirsutus (Blume) K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 343 (1899) wfo-0000363614
Costus speciosus var. sericeus (Blume) K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 343 (1899) wfo-0000363616
Costus spicatus var. pubescens Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 602 (1864) wfo-0000363622
Costus vaginalis Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 277 (1812) wfo-0000363706
Hellenia grandiflora Retz. Observ. Bot. 6: 18 (1791) wfo-0000439461
Planera speciosa (J.Koenig) Giseke Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl. : 244 (1792) wfo-0000497669
Tsiana speciosa (J.Koenig) J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. : 9 (1791) wfo-0000594279
Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht Taxon 55: 159 (2006) wfo-0000805544
Costus speciosus var. leocalyx Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 17: 197 (1941) wfo-0000909298
Pyxa speciosa (J.Koenig) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 113 (2009) wfo-0000920923
Cheilocostus potierae (F.Muell.) M.G.Harr. & Zich Telopea 14: 9 (2012) wfo-0001336931
Pyxa speciosa var. dilnavaziae (M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 114 (2009) wfo-0001383905
Costus speciosus var. nipalensis (Roscoe) Baker Fl. Brit. India 6: 250 (1892) wfo-0001399148
Hellenia speciosa var. dilnavaziae (M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida) S.R.Dutta Pleione 7: 228 (2013) wfo-1200062749