Zingiberales is an order of flowering plants forming one of four orders in the commelinid clade of monocots, alongside its sister order Commelinales, and comprises eight families organized into a banana group and a ginger group, with 68 genera and about 2,600 species. Its members are typically large herbaceous plants with rhizomatous roots, large showy flowers, and modified stamens that form colorful petal-like structures, and the order includes economically important plants such as bananas and gingers.
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Strelitzia reginae
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Source Wikipedia: ZingiberalesDistribution: TropicsQuote, Distribution: Tropics
Zingiberales are found throughout the tropics (pantropical) with some extension into subtropical and temperate climates.
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Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ203779, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Zingiberales
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In Group: Monocot Orders, Lead
The Zingiberales are flowering plants forming one of four orders in the commelinids clade of monocots, together with its sister order, Commelinales.
View the SourceWikidata: Zingiberales
Wikidata Q203779, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Strelitzia reginae
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Bird of Paradise Flower, Taxon recordQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Bird of Paradise Flower, Taxon record
"order": "Zingiberales"
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