What is Zingiberaceae?
{{taxobox |name = Ginger family |image = Tropical plant hilo5.jpg |image_caption = Red Torch (''Etlingera elatior'') |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Monocots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]] |ordo = [[Zingiberales]] |familia = '''Zingiberaceae''' |type_genus = ''[[Zingiber]]'' |type_genus_authority = Boehm. |subdivision_ranks = Subdivisions |subdivision = See text }} '''Zingiberaceae''', or the '''Ginger family''', is a family of [[flowering plant]]s consisting of aromatic [[perennial]] [[herb]]s with creeping horizontal or tuberous [[rhizome]]s, comprising ca. 52 genera and more than 1300 species, distributed throughout tropical [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and the [[Americas]]. {{biology-stub}} [[category:Zingiberales]] [[Category:Plant families]]