Alpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, where they occur in tropical and subtropical climates. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants.
Elettaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. They are native to India and Sri Lanka, but cultivated and naturalized elsewhere. One member of the genus, E. cardamomum, is a commercially important spice used as a flavouring agent in many countries.
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.
Costus is a group of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Costaceae, described by Linnaeus as a genus in 1753. It was formerly known as Hellenia after the Finnish botanist Carl Niclas von Hellens. It is widespread through tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Barringtonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae first described as a genus with this name in 1775. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The genus name commemorates Daines Barrington.
Kibatalia is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Apocynaceae, tribe Malouetieae, first described as a genus in 1826. It was initially called Hasseltia, but this turned out to be an illegitimate homonym. So Kibatalia was chosen as a replacement name. Kibatalia is native to China and Southeast Asia.
- Kibatalia arborea(Blume) G.Don – Thailand, Philippines, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi
- Kibatalia blancoi(Rolfe ex Stapf) Merr. – Philippines
- Kibatalia borneensis(Stapf) Merr. – Sarawak
- Kibatalia elmeriWoodson – Luzon
- Kibatalia gitingensis(Elmer) Woodson – Philippines
- Kibatalia laurifolia(Ridl.) Woodson – Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, W Malaysia
- Kibatalia longifoliaMerr. – Mindanao
- Kibatalia macgregori(Elmer) Woodson – Sibuyan
- Kibatalia macrophylla(Pierre ex Hua) Woodson – Yunnan, Indochina
- Kibatalia maingayi(Hook.f.) Woodson – Thailand, W Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Mindanao
- Kibatalia merrillianaWoodson – Leyte, Samar
- Kibatalia puberulaMerr. – Samar in Philippines
- Kibatalia stenopetalaMerr. – Luzon, Dinagat, Mindanao
- Kibatalia villosaRudjiman – W Malaysia, Borneo
- Kibatalia wigmani(Koord.) Merr. – Sulawesi
- Kibatalia africana(Benth.) Merr. = Funtumia africana(Benth.) Stapf
- Kibatalia elastica(Preuss) Merr. = Funtumia elastica(Preuss) Stapf
- Kibatalia latifolia(Stapf) Merr. = Funtumia africana(Benth.) Stapf
- Kibatalia scheffieri(K.Schum.) Merr. = Funtumia africana(Benth.) Stapf
- Kibatalia zenkeri(K.Schum.) Merr. = Funtumia africana(Benth.) Stapf
Riedelia is a genus of plants in the family Zingiberaceae. The genus contains approximately 75 species that are distributed among New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia. Among the described species is Riedelia charontis, which was formally described in 2010.
Phrynium is a genus of flowering plants native to China, India, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia. It was described as a genus in 1797.
Elettariopsis was a genus of plants in the ginger family, that has now been subsumed into the genus Amomum. Species are native to Southeast Asia, southern China and New Guinea.
Geocharis is a genus of plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to insular Southeast Asia.
Hornstedtia is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, southern China, New Guinea, Melanesia and Queensland.
Plagiostachys is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.
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.
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:
Scaphochlamys is a genus of plants in the ginger family. It is native to Southeast Asia.
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 and Queensland.
Rosemary Margaret Smith (1933–2004) was a Scottish botanist and illustrator who specialized in the taxonomy of the Zingiberaceae, or ginger family. Many of the species she classified and identified as being placed into improper genera were found in Asian countries, especially in the isolated island of Borneo.
Epiamomum is a genus of plants in the family Zingiberaceae and tribe Alpinieae; all records to date are from Borneo island. Before 2018, some species were placed in the genus Amomum.
Sundamomum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zingiberaceae.
