Zingiberaceae genera

Zingiber is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culinary value. The most well known species are Z. officinale and Z. mioga, two garden gingers. The genus name comes from Latin borrowing the Tamil name for the first species.

Curcuma () is a genus of plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae that contains such species as turmeric and Siam tulip. They are native to Southeast Asia, southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, New Guinea and northern Australia. Some species are reportedly naturalized in other warm parts of the world such as tropical Africa, Central America, Florida, and various islands of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Generally, most curcuma grows well in loose and sandy soil in shaded areas.

Alpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, where they occur in tropical and subtropical climates. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants.

Elettaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. They are native to India and Sri Lanka, but cultivated and naturalized elsewhere. One member of the genus, E. cardamomum, known as green cardamom or true cardamom, is a commercially important spice used as a flavouring agent in many countries.

Amomum is a genus of plants containing about 111 species native to China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland. It includes several species of cardamom. Plants of this genus are remarkable for their pungency and aromatic properties.

Kaempferia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia.

Hedychium is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become widely naturalized in other lands, and considered invasive in some places.

Etlingera is a genus of Indo-Pacific herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, consisting of more than 100 species found in tropical regions of Afro-Eurasia.

Aframomum is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is widespread across tropical Africa as well as on some islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar, Seychelles, and Mauritius). It is represented by approximately 50 species. Its species are perennials and produce colorful flowers. Several aromatic species with essential oils present in fruits, seeds, leaves, stems, rhizomes, and other plant parts are either edible or used as medicine in Africa.

Roscoea is a genus of perennial plants of the family Zingiberaceae (the ginger family). While most members of the ginger family are tropical, Roscoea species are native to cooler mountainous regions of the Himalayas, China and its southern neighbours. Roscoea flowers superficially resemble orchids, although they are not related. The flowers of Roscoea have a complicated structure, in which some of the showy coloured parts are not formed by petals, but by staminodes, sterile stamens which have evolved to resemble petals. Some species are grown as ornamental plants in gardens.

Globba is a genus of plants in the ginger family: with delicate flowers, sometimes called "dancing ladies" or "dancing girls ginger". Species are native to the Indian subcontinent, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and Queensland.

Siphonochilus is a genus of flowering plants native to sub-Saharan Africa. ==Species== Siphonochilus aethiopicus (Schweinf.) B.L.Burtt - widespread from Ethiopia west to Sierra Leone and south to South Africa Siphonochilus bambutiorum A.D.Poulsen & Lock - Zaïre Siphonochilus brachystemon (K.Schum.) B.L.Burtt - eastern Africa from Sudan to Mozambique Siphonochilus kilimanensis (Gagnep.) B.L.Burtt - Mozambique Siphonochilus kirkii (Hook.f.) B.L.Burtt - eastern and central Africa from Sudan and Central African Republic south to South Africa Siphonochilus longitubus Lock - Zambia Siphonochi

Boesenbergia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains more than 90 species, native to China, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.).

Renealmia is a plant genus in the family Zingiberaceae. Its members are native to tropical Africa and tropical America (Latin America and the West Indies). In Peru, fruits and tubers are sources of indigenous dyes. and indigenous medical treatments for leishmania and malaria In Colombia, it is used to treat snakebite. Bracts and leaves can serve as phytotelmata, retaining small quantities of water that offer habitat for other organisms.

genus of plants

Haniffia is a genus of plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It has 3 known species, native to Thailand and to Peninsular Malaysia.

Burbidgea is a genus of plants in the family Zingiberaceae. There are five known species, all endemic to the island of Borneo.

Plagiostachys is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.

Cautleya is a small genus of perennial plants of the family Zingiberaceae (the ginger family), found in the eastern Himalayas through to China and Vietnam. It consists of two species of high-altitude tropical and temperate plants, native to cool forest areas – an unusual habitat for members of the Zingiberaceae. They are grown as ornamental flowering plants.

Hemiorchis is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It contains three recognized species, native to the eastern Himalayas from Nepal to Myanmar.

Geostachys is a genus of plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to southeast Asia.

Vanoverberghia is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae, named after Morice Vanoverbergh (1885–1982), a Catholic missionary priest who lived in the Philippines and was also an anthropologist and a linguist.

Hornstedtia is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, southern China, New Guinea, Melanesia and Queensland.

Scaphochlamys is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to Southeast Asia (Thailand, Singapore, Borneo and Malaysia).

Pleuranthodium is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. Of the 23 known species, 21 are endemic to New Guinea, one to Queensland and one to the Bismarck Archipelago. ==Species== Pleuranthodium biligulatum (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea Pleuranthodium branderhorstii (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea Pleuranthodium comptum (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea Pleuranthodium floccosum (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea Pleuranthodium floribundum (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea Pleuranthodium gjellerupii (Valeton) R.M.Sm. - New Guinea Pleuranthodium hellwigii (K.Schum.) R.M.Sm

Aulotandra is a genus of flowering plants native to Cameroon and Madagascar. ==Species== Aulotandra angustifolia H.Perrier - Madagascar Aulotandra humbertii H.Perrier - Madagascar Aulotandra kamerunensis Loes - Cameroon Aulotandra madagascariensis Gagnep. - Madagascar Aulotandra trialata H.Perrier - Madagascar Aulotandra trigonocarpa H.Perrier - Madagascar

Siliquamomum is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae.

Pommereschea is a genus of plants in the ginger family. There are two known species, native to China and Indochina:

Rhynchanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family. It is native to Yunnan, Myanmar, and the Assam region of eastern India.

Camptandra is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It contains 4 known species, all endemic to Malaysia.

Larsenianthus is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). The genus was established in 2010. The four or so species are native to the area of the eastern Himalayas.

Gagnepainia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It has three known species, all native to Indochina.

Tamijia flagellaris is the only species within the genus Tamijia. It is part of the family Zingiberaceae (the ginger family).

Leptosolena is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It has only one known species, Leptosolena haenkei, endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines.

genus of plants

Cornukaempferia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains three known species, all endemic to Thailand.

Myxochlamys is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zingiberaceae.

Elettariopsis was a genus of plants in the ginger family, that has now been subsumed into the genus Amomum. Species are native to Southeast Asia, southern China and New Guinea.

Distichochlamys is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It has 4 known species, all endemic to Vietnam.

Caulokaempferia is a genus of plants in the ginger family, first described in 1964. The genus is native to southeastern China, the eastern Himalayas, and Indochina (especially Thailand).

Stadiochilus is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains only one known species, Stadiochilus burmanicus, first described by Rosemary Margaret Smith in 1980 and endemic to Myanmar (Burma).

Cyphostigma is a genus of plants. It contains only one accepted species, Cyphostigma pulchellum, endemic to Sri Lanka.

Wurfbainia is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species in this genus have been recorded from the Himalayas, South China, Indo-China and Western & Central Malesia. It has previously been placed as a synonym of Amomum.

Nanochilus is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains only one known species, Nanochilus palembanicus, endemic to Sumatra.

Sulettaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. The species of the genus were formerly placed in the genus Elettaria until 2018.

Meistera is an Asian genus of plants in the family Zingiberaceae. Species have been recorded from Tropical & Subtropical Asia to northern Queensland.

Siamanthus is a genus of plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It contains only one known species, Siamanthus siliquosus, endemic to Thailand and first described in 1998.

Sundamomum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zingiberaceae.

Parakaempferia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains only one known species, Parakaempferia synantha, first described in 1971 and endemic to the Assam region of eastern India.

genus of plants

Conamomum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae and tribe Alpinieae. Its native range is from Indochina to western Malesia.