Order Zingiberales

Order Zingiberales

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