Contains 6 genera and 6 accepted taxa overall.
This family is completely databased for all specimens.
Characteristics
ZINGIBERACEAE
Monocot
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Classification
ZINGIBERALES
ZINGIBERACEAE
[Family identification key]
1. Aboveground stems and leaves evergreen; lateral staminodes absent or small, not petaloid; fruit indehiscent (Alpinieae)
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1. Aboveground stems and leaves usually dying back seasonally; lateral staminodes petaloid or not; fruit dehiscent
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2. Inflorescence paniculate with lateral cincinni, terminating the leafy stem
2. Inflorescence capitate or spicate, basal, separate from the leafy stem
3. Labellum connate to filament in elongate slender, arching tube containing the style, exserted above the flower and longer than the petals or labellum; ovary unilocular (Globbeae)
3. Labellum (showy lower lip) not connate to filament, not exserted above flower, not longer than petals or the labellum; ovary 3-locular, sometimes incompletely so (Zingibereae)
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4. Leaves basal
4. Leaves cauline
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5. Inflorescence terminal or pseudoterminal on a leafy stem; filament linear; anther exserted
5. Inflorescence basal, on a scaly stem, separate from the leafy stem; filament rectangular or nearly absent; anther enclosed in corolla
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6. Inflorescence bracts spreading to reflexed, ovate to narrowly ovate with an obtuse to rounded apex; lateral staminodes petaloid
6. Inflorescence bracts imbricate, reniform to broadly ovate-orbicular with a broadly rounded (sometimes mucronate) apex; lateral staminodes absent or reduced to small teeth adnate to labellum