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

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  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
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  6. ^ Sass et al 2016.