World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Cheilocostus speciosus (J.Koenig) C.D.Specht, Taxon 55: 159 (2006).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta, Pleione 7: 228 (2013).
Family:	Costaceae
* Banksea speciosa J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius, Observ. Bot. 3: 75 (1783). Costus speciosus (J.Koenig) Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 1: 249 (1791). Hellenia grandiflora Retz., Observ. Bot. 6: 18 (1791), nom. superfl. Tsiana speciosa (J.Koenig) J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis]: 9 (1791). Planera speciosa (J.Koenig) Giseke, Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 244 (1792). Kaempferia speciosa (J.Koenig) Thunb., Fl. Jav.: 8 (1825). Pyxa speciosa (J.Koenig) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 113 (2009), not validly publ. Hellenia speciosa (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta, Pleione 7: 228 (2013). * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts