Zingiber

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Genus of flowering plants

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

| image = Koeh-146-no text.jpg | image_caption = Zingiber officinale 1896 illustration | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Zingiber | authority = Mill., 1754 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = *Amomum L., rejected name

  • Pacoseroca Adans.
  • Thumung J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius
  • Dieterichia Giseke
  • Jaegera Giseke
  • Cassumunar Colla
  • Zerumbet T.Lestib. 1841, illegitimate homonym, not Garsault 1764 nor J.C. Wendl. 1798
  • Dymczewiczia Horan.

Zingiber is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culinary value. The most well known species are Z. officinale and Z. mioga, two garden gingers. The genus name comes from Latin borrowing the Tamil name for the first species.

Culinary

Each ginger species has a different culinary usage; for example, myoga is valued for the stem and flowers. Garden ginger's rhizome is the classic spice "ginger", and may be used whole, candied (known commonly as crystallized ginger), or dried and powdered. Other popular gingers used in cooking include cardamom and turmeric, though neither of these examples is a "true ginger" – they belong to different genera in the family Zingiberaceae.

Species

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Zingiber_cernuum_at_Kadavoor.jpg" caption="''[[Zingiber cernuum]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/GingerPlant.JPG" caption="''[[Zingiber officinale]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Gardenology.org-IMG_7531_qsbg11mar.jpg" caption="''[[Zingiber ottensii]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Zingiber_macradenium3.jpg" caption="''[[Zingiber macradenium]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Zingiber_spec.jpg" caption="''[[Zingiber spectabile]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Jcs-zingiber-wrayii-46973.jpg" caption="''[[Zingiber wrayi]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Zingiber_zerumbet2.jpg" caption="''[[Zingiber zerumbet]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Zingiber_montanum_Blanco2.370.jpg" caption="''[[Zingiber montanum]]''"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Zingiber_parishii_Curtis_99_6019.jpg" caption="''[[Zingiber parishii]]''"] ::

, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 212 species:

References

References

  1. Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
  2. (2025). "''Zingiber'' Mill.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. "[[The Gardeners Dictionary".
  4. Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. (2006). "Taxonomic revision of the genus ''Zingiber'' Boehm. in North-East India". Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany.
  6. (28 December 2017). "The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices". CABI.
  7. (September 2025). "Flower notebook: ''Zingiber''". Kalani Tropicals.
  8. (2026). "''Zingiber'' Mill.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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