Hellenia is a genus of plants in the Costaceae described as a genus with this name in 1791.

[4][2][5] It is native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea, and Queensland.

[1] The type species was "H. grandiflora" Retz., which is a synonym of Hellenia speciosa.

Plants of the World Online[6] currently includes the following (with some botanists[7] preferring to retain the genus Cheilocostus): now in other genera: Alpinia Hornstedtia Plagiostachys