Name: Zingiberaceae
Meaning of Name:
Zingiberaceae, From Latin zingiber (‘ginger’), from Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis, ‘ginger’) + Latin -āceae (the feminine plural of -āceus, ‘resembling’, a suffix used to form the taxonomic family names of plants, algae, bacteria, and fungi)
Common Names:
The ginger family
Botanical Information:
Zingiberaceae, or the ginger family, contains close to 60 genera and about 1,600 species. (Sadly, not all here with me!)
Many ornamental, spice, and medicinal plants are of this family.
Zingiberaceae are perennial, herbaceous plants which spread via creeping rhizomes. Some species are evergreen whilst others die back and enter winter dormancy.
Defining botanical characterisitcs of Zingiberaceae species are based on their particular leaf arrangement and flower morphology.
The photo chosen to illustrate this family shows the leaf arrangement of peacock ginger (Kaempferia rotunda).
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Family: Zingiberaceae (includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Alpinia (includes Australian native ginger)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Alpinia galanga
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Alpinia, after the 17th century Italian botanist Prospero Alpini + Latin -ia (used especially to form genus names by app..
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Genus: Alpinia (includes Australian native ginger)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Alpinia galanga
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Alpinia, after the 17th century Italian botanist Prospero Alpini + Latin -ia (used especially to form genus names by app..
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Family: Zingiberaceae (the ginger family: includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Alpinia (includes Australian native ginger)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Alpinia galanga
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Family: Zingiberaceae (includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Curcuma (includes turmerics and Siam Tulip)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Curcuma longa
Meaning of Name:
Curcuma, from New Latin, from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, ‘turmeric’, ‘Indian saffron’ (a reference to the colour); and
longa..
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Family: Zingiberaceae (includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Curcuma (includes turmerics and Siam Tulip)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Curcuma longa
Meaning of Name:
Curcuma, from New Latin, from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, ‘turmeric’, ‘Indian saffron’ (a reference to the colour); and
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Family: Zingiberaceae (includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Globba (includes many gingers with dainty flowers all called “dancing ladies” or “dancing girls”)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Globba winitii
Meaning of Name:
Globba, from galoba, a word used by the indigenous people of this s..
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Family: Zingiberaceae (includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Globba (includes many gingers with dainty flowers all called “dancing ladies” or “dancing girls”)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Globba winitii
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Family: Zingiberaceae (includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Kaempferia (includes Thai black ginger)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Kaempferia rotunda
Meaning of Name:
Kaempferia, after Engelbert Kaempfer (1651–1716), a German naturalist, physician, explorer and writer who lived in Japan ..
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Family: Zingiberaceae (includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Kaempferia (includes Thai black ginger)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Kaempferia rotunda
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Kaempferia, after Engelbert Kaempfer (1651–1716), a German naturalist, physician, explorer and writer who lived in Japan ..
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Family: Zingiberaceae (includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Kaempferia (includes Thai black ginger)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Kaempferia rotunda
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Kaempferia, after Engelbert Kaempfer (1651–1716), a German naturalist, physician, explorer and writer who lived in Japan ..
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Family: Zingiberaceae (the ginger family: includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Alpinia (includes Australian native ginger)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Alpinia galanga
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Family: Zingiberaceae (the ginger family: includes gingers, galangals, and turnerics)
Genus: Curcuma (includes turmerics and Siam Tulip)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Curcuma longa
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Curcuma, from New Latin, from Arabic كُرْكُم (kurkum, ‘turmeric’, ‘Indian saffron’ (a reference to the ..
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