The Parent order is - Zingerberales
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Woody Family Zingiberaceae

Data on a chosen woody family known under an order

Common Names - Synonyms -
Authority - MartinovTotal Number of genera - 52
Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - AngiospermTotal Number of species - 1300
Plant forms - perennial herbs ,
World Distribution - Tropical areas, esp. Indomalaysia. Tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Greatest diversity in Southeast Asia.
Comments - A family of cycads that are superficially palm or fern-like. Many species are important ornamental plants, spices, or medicinal plants. Members of the family are small to large herbaceous plants


Woody Genera of Zingiberaceae

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1 - Aframomum.
2 - Alpinia.
3 - Amomum.
4 - Bosenbergia.
5 - Burbidgea.
6 - Camptandra.
7 - Costus.
8 - Curcuma.
9 - Dimerocostus.
10 - Elatteria.
11 - Elettaria.
12 - Elettariopsis.
13 - Etlingera.
14 - Geocharis.
15 - Geostachys.
16 - Globba.
17 - Haniffia.
18 - Hornstedtia.
19 - Kaemferia.
20 - Phaeomeria.
21 - Plagiostachys.
22 - Scaphochlamys.
23 - Tamijia.
24 - Zingiber.



End of Listing Woody Families of Zingiberaceae