Geocharis (plant)
''Geocharis '' is a genus of plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to insular Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines).Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. * ''Geocharis aurantiaca'' Ridl. - Johor * ''Geocharis fusiformis'' (Ridl.) R.M.Sm. - Philippines, Sabah * ''Geocharis macrostemon'' (K.Schum.) Holttum - Sumatra * ''Geocharis radicalis'' (Valeton) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. - Sumatra * ''Geocharis rubra'' Ridl. - Sarawak * ''Geocharis secundiflora'' (Ridl.) Holttum - Peninsular Malaysia References

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Zingiberaceae
Zingiberaceae () or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Many of the family's species are important ornamental, spice, or medicinal plants. Ornamental genera include the shell gingers ('' Alpinia''), Siam or summer tulip ('' Curcuma alismatifolia''), '' Globba'', ginger lily ('' Hedychium''), '' Kaempferia'', torch-ginger '' Etlingera elatior'', ''Renealmia'', and ginger (''Zingiber''). Spices include ginger (''Zingiber''), galangal or Thai ginger ('' Alpinia galanga'' and others), melegueta pepper (''Aframomum melegueta''), myoga (''Zingiber mioga''), korarima (''Aframomum corrorima''), turmeric (''Curcuma''), and cardamom ('' Amomum'', '' Elettaria''). Description Members of the family are small to large herbaceous plants with distichous leaves with basal she ...
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