? Ginger family
Red Ginger (Alpinia purpurata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Zingiberales Family: Zingiberaceae Lindley
Subdivisions
Subfamily Siphonochiloideae  Tribe Siphonochileae   Siphonochilus Subfamily Tamijioideae  Tribe Tamijieae   Tamijia Subfamily Alpinioideae  Tribe Alpinieae   Aframomum   Alpinia - galangal   Amomum   Aulotandra   Cyphostigma   Elettaria - cardamom  Elettariopsis   Etlingera   Geocharis   Geostachys   Hornstedtia   Leptosolena   Paramomum   Plagiostachys   Renealmia   Siliquamomum (Incertae Sedis)   Vanoverberghia  Tribe Riedelieae   Burbidgea   Pleuranthodium   Riedelia   Siamanthus Subfamily Zingiberoideae  Tribe Zingibereae   Boesenbergia   Camptandra   Caulokaempferia (Incertae Sedis)   Cautleya   Cornukaempferia   Curcuma - turmeric   Curcumorpha   Distichochlamys   Haniffia   Haplochorema   Hedychium   Hitchenia   Kaempferia   Laosanthus   Nanochilus   Paracautleya   Parakaempferia   Pommereschea   Pyrgophyllum   Rhynchanthus   Roscoea   Scaphochlamys   Smithatris   Stadiochilus   Stahlianthus   Zingiber - ginger  Tribe Globbeae   Gagnepainia   Globba   Hemiorchis   Mantisia Alpinia purpurata1. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ... Families Cannaceae Costaceae Heliconiaceae Lowiaceae Marantaceae Musaceae Strelitziaceae Zingiberaceae The Zingiberales are an order of monocots, including familiar plants like bananas and ginger. ... John Lindley (February 8, 1799 - November 1, 1865) was an English botanist. ... Species See text Alpinia is a rather large genus of plants, with more than 330 species from the Ginger family (Zingiberaceae). ... Amomum is a genus of plants, such as the cardamom and grains of paradise, remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties. ... Binomial name Elettaria caramomum Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum) is a pungent aromatic spice belonging to the Zingiberaceae family. ... Species many, see text Curcuma is the genus in the Zingiberaceae family that contains such species as turmeric and Siam Tulip. ... Species See text. ... Species Smithatris myanmarensis Smithatris supraneeana Smithatris is a new genus of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). ... Binomial name Zingiber officinale Rosc. ...

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Zingiberaceae, or the Ginger family, is a taxon of perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes, comprising 47 genera and about 1000 species. Many species are important ornamental plants, spices, or medicinal plants. Important members of the family include ginger, turmeric, myoga, cardamom, and galangal. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In England and Wales, a common is a piece of land over which other people -- often neighbouring landowners -- could exercise one of a number of traditional rights, such as allowing their cattle to graze upon it. ... A Red Valerian, a perennial plant. ... In botany, a rhizome is a horizontal, usually underground stem of a plant that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. ... In biology, a species is, loosely speaking, a group of related organisms that share a more or less distinctive form and are capable of interbreeding. ... Screen shot of Spice OPUS, a fork of Berkeley SPICE SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis) is a general purpose analog circuit simulator. ... ... Binomial name Zingiber officinale Roscoe Ginger root is used extensively as a spice in many if not most cuisines of the world. ... Binomial name Curcuma longa Linnaeus Turmeric (Curcuma longa, also known as tumeric or curcumin) is a spice commonly used in curries and other south Asian cooking. ... This article is about the Myoga plant. ... Binomial name Elettaria cardamomum The name cardamom is used for species within three genera in the Ginger family (Zingiberaceae), Elettaria, Amomum and Aframomum. ... Kaempferia galanga Galangal (Thai: ข่า), is a rhizome with culinary and medicinal uses, best known in the west today for its appearance in Thai cuisine (e. ...

Characteristics

The plant is either self-supporting or epiphytic. They have alternate and distichous leaves; there is neither basal nor terminal aggregations of leaves. Flowers are hermaphroditic, strongly zygomatic and form in bracts such as racemes and spikes. Flowers typically have labellums, an organ formed by the fusion of two sterile stamens. The perianth is comprised of 2 whorls. The calyx is herbaceous or membranous, 3-lobed or spathaceous tubular. An example of an epiphyte assemblage of orchids and bromeliads in a garden setting The term epiphyte refers to any plant that grows upon or attached to another living plant. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... The 1st-century BC sculpture The Reclining Hermaphrodite, in the Museo Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme in Rome In zoology, a hermaphrodite is an organism of a species whose members possess both male and female sexual organs during their lives. ... The zygomatic bone (also known as the zygoma; Os Zygomaticum; Malar Bone) is a paired bone of the human skull. ... This inflorescence of the terrestrial orchid Spathoglottis plicata is a typical raceme. ... The word spike The word spike can refer to: A sharp object like a nail: spiked shoes worn by athletes, which provide more traction. ... The Labellum (or Lip) is a part of an orchid. ... Stamens of the Amaryllis with prominent anthers carrying pollen. ...

The plant's tissue characteristically yields essential oil. An essential oil, is a concentrated, hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aromatic compounds extracted from plants. ...

Distribution

The family is present throughout the Tropics but particularly abundant in Southeast Asia. The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

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