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Zingiberaceae ( / ˌzɪndʒɪbɪˈreɪsii /) or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species [4] of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
Ginger is in the family Zingiberaceae, which also includes turmeric (Curcuma longa), cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum), and galangal. Ginger originated in Maritime Southeast Asia and was likely domesticated first by the Austronesian peoples.
Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of flowering plants, the largest family of the order Zingiberales, containing about 56 genera and about 1,300 species. Learn about the physical characteristics and major genera and species of the family Zingiberaceae.
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Ginger is a herbaceous perennial plant of the family Zingiberaceae, native to southeastern Asia, or its pungent aromatic rhizome used as a spice, flavouring, food, and medicine. Learn about its history, cultivation, harvest, and chemical composition from Britannica.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Zingiberaceae, or the Ginger family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes, comprising ca. 52 genera and more than 1300 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas
Zingiberaceae commonly known as ginger family, is a family of flowering plants comprising more than 1300 species divided into about 52 genera of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes, distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the America.
