Zingiberales

The documents below provide information on select Zingiberales - provided by Ray Baker and Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawaii. Click on a genus below to jump to that genus. Please note these PDFs are over five years old; if you notice any errors, we would appreciate receiving any updated identification information at info@heliconia.org.

Costaceae (Spiral Gingers)

Chamaecostus (2)

 

Cheilocostus (3)

 

Costus (37)

 

Dimercostus (1)

Monocostus (1)

 
 

Paracostus (2)

 

Tapeinocheilos (3)

 

Lowiaceae

Orchidantha (1)

 

Afrocalathea (1)

 

Marantaceae

Ctenanthe (1)

 

Musaceae (Bananas)

Musa (1)

 

Zingiberaceae (Gingers)

Aframomum (5)

 

Alpinia (46)

 

Amomum (18)

 

Boesenbergia (7)

 

Burbidgea (4)

 

Cornukaempferia (2)

 

Curcuma (40)

 

Curcumorpha (1)

 

Elettaria (2)

 

Elettariopsis (17)

 

Etlingera (21)

 

Gagnepainia (2)

Geocharis (1)

 
 

Globba (9)

 

Haniffia (1)

 

Hedychium (10)

 

Hornstedtia (5)

 

Kaempferia (14)

 

Laosanthus (1)

 

Mantisia (1)

 

Plagiostachys (6)

 

Pleuranthodium (8)

Renealmia (3)

 
 

Riedelia (2)

 

Scaphochlamys (4)

 

Siamanthus (1)

 

Siphonochilus (1)

 

Smithatris (1)

 
 

Vanoverberghia (1)

Zingiber (57)