Ginger-families explained

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. 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".

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

See also

• Banana-families
• Zingiberales
• Monocotyledoneae

Bibliography

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Notes and References

1. Kress . W. J. . Prince . L. M. . Hahn . W. J. . Zimmer . E. A. . 2001 . Unraveling the evolutionary radiation of the families of the Zingiberales using morphological and molecular evidence . Systematic Biology . 50 . 6. 926–944 . 10.1080/106351501753462885 . 12116641. free .
2. Kress, W.J. & Specht, C.D. 2005. Between Cancer and Capricorn: Phylogeny, evolution and ecology of the primarily tropical Zingiberales. Biol. Skr. 55: 459-478. ISSN 0366-3612. . [Pp. 459-478, in Friis, I., y Balslev, H. (eds), Proceedings of a Symposium on Plant Diversity and Complexity Patterns - Local, Regional and Global Dimensions. Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen.] http://spechtlab.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/spechtlab/publications/12%20Kress%20and%20Specht%202005.pdf and references therein
3. Andersson, L. (1998). «Strelitziaceae». In: K. Kubitzki. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. IV. Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons. Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 451-454.
4. Kress, W. J. (1990). The phylogeny and classification of the Zingiberales. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 698-721. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2399669
5. Judd et al. 2007. Zingiberales. Plant Systematics, a Phylogenetic Approach. 3rd edition. Sinauer. Pp. 301-302.