Ginger-families

The ginger-families^[1][2][3] or ginger group^[4] or Core Zingiberales^[5] is a terminal clade in the order Zingiberales (Monocotyledoneae) that comprises Zingiberaceae (the ginger family), Costaceae, Marantaceae and Cannaceae.^[1][2][5] Their shared synapomorphy of a single fertile anther and four or five highly modified staminodia differentiate them from the basal paraphyletic assemblage of the "banana-families".^[1][2][5]

Cladogram I: Phylogeny of Zingiberales [6] Zingiberales Zingiberineae Heliconiaceae Strelitziineae Musaceae

They form a Suborder Zingiberineae Kress in taxonomic classification, with the following phylogeny, the four families being grouped into two superfamilies.

Cladogram II: Phylogeny of Suborder Zingiberineae (gingers) Zingiberineae Zingiberariae Zingiberaceae Costaceae Cannariae Cannaceae Marantaceae

See also

• Banana-families
• Zingiberales
• Monocotyledoneae