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. Members of the family Zingiberaceae including turmeric, ginger, Javanese ginger, and galangal have been used for centuries in traditional medicine. Preclinical studies of Zingiberaceae extracts have shown analgesic properties.
Bauhinia is a large genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Cercidoideae and tribe Bauhinieae, in the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers Gaspard and Johann, Swiss-French botanists.
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 medicinal and culinary value. The most well known are Z. officinale and Z. mioga, two garden gingers.
Orchidantha is a genus of flowering plants. In the APG III system, it is placed in the family Lowiaceae, as the sole genus. It includes the plants in the formerly recognised genera Lowia and Protamomum.
Curcuma is a genus of about 100 accepted species 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 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.
Kai Larsen was a Danish botanist.
Phanera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Cercidoideae. This genus differs from Bauhinia in being vines or lianas, generally with tendrils and a lobed rather than spathaceous calyx, and from Schnella in having only three fertile stamens rather than ten, and being native to the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm rather than the Americas. The subsection Corymbosae was recently segregated into a new genus, Cheniella. It has been suggested that the genus Lasiobema should be reduced to a section within Phanera.
Geostachys is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It is native to southeast Asia.
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.
Boesenbergia is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It contains about 60-70 species, native to China, the Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.
Haniffia is a genus of plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It has 3 known species, native to Thailand and to Peninsular Malaysia.
Scaphochlamys is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to Southeast Asia.
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.
John Donald Mood is a Danish botanist.
Haniffia albiflora is a monocotyledonous plant species described by Kai Larsen and J. Mood. Haniffia albiflora is part of the genus Haniffia and the family Zingiberaceae. The IUCN categorizes the species globally as vulnerable.
Curcuma rhomba is a monocotyledonous plant species described by John Donald Mood and Kai Larsen. Curcuma rhomba is part of the genus Curcuma and the family Zingiberaceae.
Curcuma bicolor is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family. It was first described by John Donald Mood and Kai Larsen.
Cornukaempferia longipetiolata is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It was first described by John Donald Mood and Kai Larsen.
Cornukaempferia larsenii is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It was first described by Piyaporn Saensouk.
Cornukaempferia aurantiflora is a species in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It was first described by John Donald Mood and Kai Larsen.
