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Vernacular names of plants within the Order Zingiberales

Hierarchical position of the Order Zingiberales

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Zingiberidae Cronquist pub. 1978       SuperOrdo  Zingiberanae Takht. ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 74: 179. 25 Mar 1993.       Ordo  Zingiberales Griseb. pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 167. Jan-Jun 1854.

Named members of the Order Zingiberales

1	Familia  Cannaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 62. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Cannas
2	Familia  Costaceae Nakai pub. J. Jap. Bot. 17: 203. Apr 1941.
3	Familia  Heliconiaceae (A. Rich.) Nakai pub. J. Jap. Bot. 17: 201. Apr 1941. common name: Heliconias
4	Familia  Lowiaceae Ridl. pub. Fl. Malay Penins. 4: 291. 1 Dec 1924, nom. cons.
5	Familia  Marantaceae Petersen in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam., II, 6: 33. Oct 1888, nom. cons. common name: Arrowroots
6	Familia  Musaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 61. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Bananas
7	Familia  Strelitziaceae (K. Schum.) Hutch. pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 72. 1934. common name: Bird-of-Paradises
8	Familia  Zingiberaceae Lindl. pub. Key Bot.: 69. 15-30 Sep 1835, nom. cons. common name: Gingers

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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