Zingiberoideae is a subfamily of plants in the family

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 Af ...

.Kress JW, Prince LM, Williams KJ (2002) The phylogeny and a new classification of the gingers (Zingiberaceae): evidence from molecular data. ''American Journal of Botany'', 89(10): 1682–1696.

Tribes & genera

Tribe Globbeae

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Globba ''Globba'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains about 100 species, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago The Bismarck Archipelago (, ) is a group of islands off th ...

'' * '' Mantisia'' * '' Gagnepainia'' * '' Hemiorchis''

Tribe Zingibereae

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Boesenbergia ''Boesenbergia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains more than 70 species, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.). Species ''Plants of the World Online'' ...

'' * '' Camptandra'' * '' Caulokaempferia'' * '' Cautleya'' * ''

Curcuma ''Curcuma'' () is a genus of plants in the 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 ...

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Haplochorema ''Haplochorema'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It has 6 known species, all native to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East ...

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Hedychium ''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 wi ...

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Hitchenia ''Hitchenia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains only one recognized species, ''Hitchenia glauca'', endemic to Myanmar (Burma). The plant, which is called ''malaphu'' (မာလာဖူး) in Burmese, is used as an herb in B ...

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Kaempferia ''Kaempferia'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to China, India, and Southeast Asia. The genus is named after the naturalist and traveller Engelbert Kaempfer, who lived in Japan and east Asia for the years 1689-1693 and w ...

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Nanochilus ''Nanochilus'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains only one known species, ''Nanochilus palembanicus'', endemic to Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully ...

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Parakaempferia ''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 India, officially the Republic of Indi ...

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Rhynchanthus ''Rhynchanthus'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to Yunnan, Myanmar, and the Assam region of eastern India. * '' Rhynchanthus beesianus'' W.W.Sm. - Yunnan, Myanmar * '' Rhynchanthus bluthianus'' Wittm. - Myanmar * '' Rhyn ...

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Roscoea ''Roscoea'' is a genus of perennial plants of the family (biology), family Zingiberaceae (the ginger family). Most members of the family are tropical, whereas ''Roscoea'' species are native to mountainous regions of the Himalayas, China and its ...

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Scaphochlamys ''Scaphochlamys'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to Southeast Asia (Thailand, Singapore, Borneo and Malaysia).Searle, R.J. (2010). The genus ''Scaphochlamys'' (Zingiberaceae - Zingibereae): a compendium for the field work ...

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Stadiochilus ''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 Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: ...

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Stahlianthus ''Stahlianthus'' is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to southern China, the Himalayas, and Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast ...

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Zingiber The genus ''Zingiber'' is native to Southeast Asia especially in Thailand, China, the Indian Subcontinent, and New Guinea. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culinary value. The most well known are '' Z. officina ...

Tribes & genera

Tribe Globbeae

Tribe Zingibereae

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