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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Taxonomic Rank Member Count Band Era First Appeared Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Strelitzia reginae
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Wikipedia: ZingiberalesDistribution: TropicsQuote, Distribution: Tropics
Zingiberales are found throughout the tropics (pantropical) with some extension into subtropical and temperate climates.
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ203779, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Zingiberales
- Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
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 Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Zingiberales
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 3178
4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Zingiberales
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Zingiberales" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 83.6 ... "early_interval": "Campanian"
Wikidata: 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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