Zingiberaceae
Zingiberaceae sunt familia plantarum florentium quae in aromaticis herbis perennibus cum horizontalibus tuberosisve rhizomatibus serpentibus consistit, circa quinquaginta duo genera et plus 1300 species in tropicis Africa, Asia, et Americis comprehendens.

Multae harum specierum sunt gravissimae plantae ornamentales, condimenta, vel plantae medicinales. Genera ornamentales includunt zingiber conchiforme (Alpiniam), tulipam Siamensem vel aestivalem (Curcumam alismatifoliam), Globbam, lilium zingibericum (Hedychium), Kaempferiam, zingiber faciforme (Nicolaiam), Renealmiam, et zingiber verum (Zingiber). Condimenta includunt Amomum, Curcumam, Elettaria,  myoga (Zingiber mioga), grana paradisi (Aframomum melegueta),   Zingiber, et zingiber Siamense (Alpiniam galangam, et alia). 

Zingiberaceae pantropicae sunt. Inveniuntur in torridis Africae, Asiae, et Americarum regionibus, diversitate maxima in Asia Meridiana et Orientali.

Genera huius familiae sunt plantae herbaceae, foliis distichis vaginis basalibus quae imbricatae pseudocaulem conformant. Plantae sunt liberae vel epiphyticae. Flores sunt hermaphroditae, usitate admodum zygomorphae, cymosis inflorescentiis determinatis, a conspicuis bracteis torsivis subtentis. Perianthum consistit in duobus verticillis, calice tubulare connato, et corolla tubulare, uno lobo maiore quam aliis duobus. Flos habet duo staminodia (stamina sterilia) coniuncta, quae labeum petaloideum typice conformant, et solum unum stamen fertile. Ovarium est inferius, duobus nectariis in apice et stigmate infundibuliforme.

Alia genera, praecipue Alpinia et Hedychium, olea essentialia effundunt quae in fabrica odoris unguentique adhibentur.

Taxinomia

Subfamilia Siphonochiloideae
Tribus Siphonochileae
Siphonochilus
Subfamilia Tamijioideae
Tribus Tamijieae
Tamijia
Subfamilia Alpinioideae
Tribus Alpinieae
Aframomum (fons granorum paradisi)
Alpinia (fons galangae)
Amomum (fons cardamomi Iavanensis et maioris)
Aulotandra
Cyphostigma
Elettaria (fons cardamomi)
Elettariopsis
Etlingera
Geocharis
Geostachys
Hornstedtia
Leptosolena
Paramomum
Plagiostachys
Renealmia
Siliquamomum [incertae sedis]
Vanoverberghia
Tribus Riedelieae
Burbidgea
Pleuranthodium
Riedelia
Siamanthus
Subfamilia Zingiberoideae
Tribus Zingibereae
Boesenbergia
Camptandra
Caulokaempferia [incertae sedis]
Cautleya
Cornukaempferia
Curcuma (fons aromatum curcumae et zedoariae)
Curcumorpha
Distichochlamys
Haniffia
Haplochorema
Hedychium
Hitchenia
Kaempferia (fons aromatis kencur)
Laosanthus
Nanochilus
Newmania
Paracautleya
Parakaempferia
Pommereschea
Pyrgophyllum
Rhynchanthus
Roscoea
Scaphochlamys
Smithatris
Stadiochilus
Stahlianthus
Zingiber (fons zingiberis et zerumbet)
Tribus Globbeae
Gagnepainia
Globba
Hemiorchis

Hybrida intergenerica
×Alpingera F. Luc-Cayol (Alpinia × Etlingera)

Notae

Bibliographia
"Zingiberaceae" in Flora of China vol. 24 p. 322 ff.
"Zingiberaceae" in W. S. Judd, C. S. Campbell, E. A. Kellogg, P. F. Stevens, M. J. Donoghue, Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach ed. 3a (Sunderland Massachusettae: Sinauer Associates, 2007. ISBN 978-0-87893-407-2) pp. 302-304
"Zingiberaceae" in Michael G. Simpson, Plant Systematics (Elsevier, 2005. ISBN 978-0-12-644460-5) pp. 197-198
"Zingiberaceae" in L. Watson, M. J. Dallwitz, The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval (1992-2000)
W. John Kress, Linda M. Prince, Kyle J. Williams, "The Phylogeny and a New Classification of the Gingers (Zingiberaceae): Evidence from Molecular Data" in American Journal of Botany vol. 89 (2002) pp. 1682-1696
Larsen, Kai, H. Ibrahim, S. H. Khaw, et L. G. Saw. 1999. Gingers of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications (Borneo). ISBN 983-812-025-1 De hoc libro
Poulsen, Axel Dalberg. 2006. Gingers of Sarawak. A pocket guide. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications (Borneo). ISBN 983-812-112-6 De hoc libro

Nexus externi

Abstracts from the Symposia on the Family Zingiberaceae
A New Classification of the Zingiberaceae, ex Third Symposium on Zingiberaceae
 
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Familiae plantarum
Taxa Martinov
Taxa 1820