Zingiberaceae

Ginger family
Red Torch (Etlingera elatior)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Zingiberales
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Type genus
Zingiber Boehm.
Subdivisions
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Zingiberaceae, or the Ginger family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes, comprising ca. 52 genera and more than 1300 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Zingiberaceae Media

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  Curcuma longa

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  Elettaria cardamomum

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  Globba inflorescence.

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  Zingiber spectabile cultivar Beehive