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Order Zingiberales

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Order Zingiberales (8 families, 66-89 genera, 1800 species)
Ginger

• Family Cannaceae (1 genus, 55 species)
  • Genus Canna (55 species)
    • Canna edulis
• Family Costaceae
  • Genus Costus
• Family Heliconiaceae
  • Genus Heliconia
    • Heliconia psittacorum
• Family Lowiaceae
  • Genus Orchidantha
• Family Marantaceae
  Prayer Plant
  • Genus Donax
  • Genus Calathea
  • Genus Maranta (31 genera, 550 species)
    • Maranta leuconeura
      Prayer Plant
    • Maranta arundinacea
      West Indian Arrowroot Starch
  • Genus Thalia
    • Thalia dealbata
      Water Canna
• Family Musaceae (2 genera, 50 species)
  Banana
  • Genus Musa
    • Musa coccinea
    • Musa paradisiaca
      Banana
    • Musa ingens
    • Musa textilis
      Abaca
    • Musa sapientum
      Common Banana
  • Genus Ensete
    • Ensete ventricosa
• Family Strelitziaceae (3 genera, 7 species)
  • Genus Ravenala
    • Ravenala madagascariensis
      Traveler's Tree
  • Genus Phenakospermum (1 species)
  • Genus Strelitzia
    • Strelitzia reginae
      Bird-of-Paradise Flower
    • Strelitizia augusta
• Family Zingiberaceae
  Ginger
  • Genus Achasma
  • Genus Aframomum
    • Aframomum melegueta
      Grains of Paradise
  • Genus Curcuma
    • Curcuma domestica
      Tumeric
    • Curcuma angustifolia
      East Indian Arrowroot Starch
  • Genus Elettaria
    • Elettaria cardamomum
  • Genus Etlingera
  • Genus Hedychium (50 species)
    Ginger Lily
    • Hedychium greenei
    • Hedychium gardneranum
      Kahili Ginger
    • Hedychium coronarium
      White Ginger
    • Hedychium flavum
      Yellow Ginger
  • Genus Hornstedtia
  • Genus Kaempferia
  • Genus Alpinia (250 species)
    Shellflower
  • Genus Zingiber
    • Zingiber officinale
      Ginger

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