Zingiberales

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? Zingiberales
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Subclass: Zingiberidae Order: Zingiberales Grisebach
Families
Cannaceae Costaceae Heliconiaceae Lowiaceae Marantaceae Musaceae Strelitziaceae Zingiberaceae

The Zingiberales are an order of monocots, including familiar plants like bananas and ginger. They are also called the Cannales. There are eight different families:

• Zingiberaceae (e.g. ginger, cardamom, turmeric, myoga)
• Musaceae (e.g. banana)
• Strelitziaceae
• Lowiaceae
• Heliconiaceae
• Costaceae
• Cannaceae
• Marantaceae (e.g. arrowroot)

Zingiberales are sometimes treated as a sub-taxon of the sub-class Zingiberidae. Within this classification the order Bromeliales is also treated as a sub-taxon on the sub-class. That order then contains a single family Bromeliaceae. Modern classifications however prefer to place Bromeliaceae in Poales