Zingiberoideae

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.

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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.

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.).

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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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).

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

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

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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).

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Zingiberoideae is a subfamily of plants in the family Zingiberaceae.

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

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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.

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