GENUS PARAHELLENIA

Parahellenia is a new genus, separated out from Hellenia in 2022. It was established in the journal Plant Diversity and is available on the internet at THIS LINK. The most obvious difference between species in this genus and species remaining in Hellenia (f/k/a Cheilocostus) is that they flower on a separate, basal shoot instead of terminal on a leafy stem. In addition to moving some existing species out of Hellenia, the authors also described two new species, listed below.

CONTINENT	OLD NAME	NEW NAME	STATUS	DATASHEET

Asian	Cheilocostus borneensis	Parahellenia borneensis	accepted	See Description
Asian	Cheilocostus candidus	Parahellenia candida	accepted	See Description
Asian	Cheilocostus globosus	Parahellenia globosa	accepted	See Description
Asian	Cheilocostus mulus	Parahellenia mulus	accepted	See Description
Asian	Cheilocostus tonkinensis	Parahellenia tonkinensis	accepted	See Description
Asian	New species	Parahellenia malipoensis	accepted	See Description
Asian	New species	Parahellenia yunnanensis	accepted	See Description