Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta belongs to the Costaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

No collection number

November 4, 2005

Location

Costa Rica, Heredia

10.146972, -83.946167

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo. Roadside barrow near Rio Sucio, off main highway 32.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Zingiberales

Family

Costaceae

Genus

Hellenia

Specific Epithet

speciosa

Authorship

(J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.3

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.6

Global rank

#87,013 of 335,497

Top 26%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy