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'''Zingiberaceae''' ({{IPAc-en|,|z|I|n|dZ|I|b|@|'|r|ay|s|ee}}) or the '''ginger family '''is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s made up of about 50 [[genus|genera]] with a total of about 1600 known [[species]]<ref name="Christenhusz-Byng2016">{{cite journal |author1=Christenhusz, M. J. M. |author2=Byng, J. W.  |lastauthoramp=yes | year = 2016 | title = The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase | journal = Phytotaxa | volume = 261 | pages = 201–217 | url = http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/download/phytotaxa.261.3.1/20598 | doi = 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 | issue = 3 | publisher = Magnolia Press }}</ref> of aromatic [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous plant|herb]]s with creeping horizontal or tuberous [[rhizome]]s distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
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'''Zingiberaceae''' or the '''ginger family '''is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s made up of about 50 [[genus|genera]] with a total of about 1600 known [[species]]<ref name="Christenhusz-Byng2016">{{cite journal |author1=Christenhusz, M. J. M. |author2=Byng, J. W.  |lastauthoramp=yes | year = 2016 | title = The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase | journal = Phytotaxa | volume = 261 | pages = 201–217 | url = http://biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/download/phytotaxa.261.3.1/20598 | doi = 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 | issue = 3 | publisher = Magnolia Press }}</ref> of aromatic [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous plant|herb]]s with creeping horizontal or tuberous [[rhizome]]s distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
  
 
Many of the family's species are important [[ornamental plant|ornamental]], [[spice]], or [[medicinal plant]]s.  Ornamental genera include the shell gingers (''[[Alpinia]]''), Siam or summer tulip (''[[Curcuma alismatifolia]]''), ''[[Globba]]'', ginger lily (''[[Hedychium]]''), ''[[Kaempferia]]'', torch-ginger ''[[Etlingera elatior]]'', ''[[Renealmia]]'', and ginger (''[[Zingiber]]'').  Spices include ginger (''[[Zingiber]]''), [[galangal]] or Thai ginger (''[[Alpinia galanga]]'' and others), melegueta pepper (''[[Aframomum melegueta]]''), [[myoga]] (''Zingiber mioga''), [[korarima]] (''Aframomum corrorima''), [[turmeric]] (''[[Curcuma]]''), and [[cardamom]] (''[[Amomum]]'', ''[[Elettaria]]'').
 
Many of the family's species are important [[ornamental plant|ornamental]], [[spice]], or [[medicinal plant]]s.  Ornamental genera include the shell gingers (''[[Alpinia]]''), Siam or summer tulip (''[[Curcuma alismatifolia]]''), ''[[Globba]]'', ginger lily (''[[Hedychium]]''), ''[[Kaempferia]]'', torch-ginger ''[[Etlingera elatior]]'', ''[[Renealmia]]'', and ginger (''[[Zingiber]]'').  Spices include ginger (''[[Zingiber]]''), [[galangal]] or Thai ginger (''[[Alpinia galanga]]'' and others), melegueta pepper (''[[Aframomum melegueta]]''), [[myoga]] (''Zingiber mioga''), [[korarima]] (''Aframomum corrorima''), [[turmeric]] (''[[Curcuma]]''), and [[cardamom]] (''[[Amomum]]'', ''[[Elettaria]]'').

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Ginger family
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Red torch ginger (Etlingera elatior)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Martinov[1]
Type genus
Zingiber
Boehm.

Zingiberaceae or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species[2] of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Many of the family's species are important ornamental, spice, or medicinal plants. Ornamental genera include the shell gingers (Alpinia), Siam or summer tulip (Curcuma alismatifolia), Globba, ginger lily (Hedychium), Kaempferia, torch-ginger Etlingera elatior, Renealmia, and ginger (Zingiber). Spices include ginger (Zingiber), galangal or Thai ginger (Alpinia galanga and others), melegueta pepper (Aframomum melegueta), myoga (Zingiber mioga), korarima (Aframomum corrorima), turmeric (Curcuma), and cardamom (Amomum, Elettaria).

Description

Members of the family are small to large herbaceous plants with distichous leaves with basal sheaths that overlap to form a pseudostem. The plants are either self-supporting or epiphytic. Flowers are hermaphroditic, usually strongly zygomorphic, in determinate cymose inflorescences, and subtended by conspicuous, spirally arranged bracts. The perianth is composed of two whorls, a fused tubular calyx, and a tubular corolla with one lobe larger than the other two. Flowers typically have two of their stamenoids (sterile stamens) fused to form a petaloid lip, and have only one fertile stamen. The ovary is inferior and topped by two nectaries, the stigma is funnel-shaped.

Some genera yield essential oils used in the perfume industry (Alpinia, Hedychium).

Taxonomy

Cladogram: Phylogeny of Zingiberales[3]

Zingiberales



Zingiberineae

Zingiberariae


Zingiberaceae



Costaceae



Cannariae


Cannaceae



Marantaceae





Strelitziineae


Lowiaceae



Strelitziaceae




Heliconiaceae







Musaceae




Subdivision

Globba inflorescence.
Zingiber spectabile cultivar Beehive

Distribution

The Zingiberaceae have a pantropical distribution in the tropics of Africa, Asia, and the Americas, with their greatest diversity in Southeast Asia.

References

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
  2. Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. Magnolia Press. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
  3. Sass et al 2016.

Bibliography

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  • Sass, C; Iles, WJ; Barrett, CF; Smith, SY; Specht, CD (21 January 2016). "Revisiting the Zingiberales: using multiplexed exon capture to resolve ancient and recent phylogenetic splits in a charismatic plant lineage". PeerJ. 4: e1584. doi:10.7717/peerj.1584. PMID 26819846.

External links

Acknowledgements

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Zingiberaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.