Zingiberales
Kingdom: Plantae (plants)
Division: Magnoliophyta (flowers)
Class: Liliopsida (
monocotyledons)
Order: Zingiberales
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, zingiber mioga)
- Musaceae (e.g. banana)
- Strelitziaceae
- Lowiaceae
- Heliconaceae
- Costaceae
- Cannaceae (e.g. canna)
- Merantaceae (e.g. arrowroot)