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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Zingiber |accepted_authority=Miller |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=The Gardeners Dictionary (fourth edition) |place=vol. 3. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Ginger |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Zingiberaceae;Zingiber |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Zingiberaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Zingiber]]</div></div> |etymology=the classical name, from Sanskrit crngavera |volume=Volume 22 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="pseudostem development;pseudostem some measurement"><b>Pseudostems </b>well developed, 1–2 m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="inflorescence density;inflorescence shape;stem height or length or size"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminating short stem with only scale-leaves [projecting from side or tip of pseudostem], dense, conelike;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="axis bract arrangement;axis bract atypical quantity;axis bract quantity;axis bract shape;axis bract shape">bracts of main axis crowded, 1–3 [–5], reniform or very broadly ovate [to lance-elliptical or lanceolate];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="cincinnus architecture;cincinnus architecture">cincinni sessile, 1-flowered, enclosed in bracts;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="bracteole size;bracteole prominence;bracteole prominence">bracteoles small, inconspicuous, hidden by bracts.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="calyx shape;calyx shape"><b>Flowers:</b> calyx cylindric, shortly 3-lobed, split down one side;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="corolla-tube shape;corolla-tube shape;lobe shape">corolla-tube cylindric, dilated distally, lobes lanceolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="filament height or length or size;filament presence">filament short or nearly absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="anther architecture or shape;terminal appendage length or size">anther enclosed within upper petal, not spurred, terminal appendage long;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="lateral staminode presence;lateral staminode quantity;tooth fusion;lip shape;lip shape;lip shape;lip shape;lip shape;lip shape">lateral staminodes absent or reduced to small teeth connate with lip, lip plane, entire, notched, or 3-lobed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties=""><b>Fruits </b>capsule, ellipsoid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="fruits capsule shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 11.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Mexico;Africa;n Australia;native;s Asia |introduced=true |discussion=<p>The ginger of commerce, Zingiber officinale Roscoe, is native to southeast Asia; it is commonly cultivated throughout the tropics, and most of the commercial supply now comes from Jamaica. Ginger seldom flowers or fruits in cultivation although plants are known to spread vegetatively in the vicinity of abandoned gardens in some tropical areas.</p><!-- --><p>Species ca. 100 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Zingiber |authority=Miller |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Zingiberaceae |distribution=North America;Mexico;Africa;n Australia;native;s Asia |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=The Gardeners Dictionary (fourth edition) |publication year=1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/62857cf6bca5c4637d27b113da92d27dbf9962f4/V22/V22_339.xml |genus=Zingiber |anther architecture or shape=not spurred |axis bract arrangement=crowded |axis bract atypical quantity=3;5 |axis bract quantity=1;3 |axis bract shape=ovate;reniform |bracteole prominence=hidden;inconspicuous |bracteole size=small |calyx shape=3-lobed;cylindric |cincinnus architecture=1-flowered;sessile |corolla-tube shape=dilated;cylindric |filament height or length or size=short |filament presence=absent |fruits capsule shape=ellipsoid |inflorescence density=dense |inflorescence shape=conelike |lateral staminode presence=absent |lateral staminode quantity=reduced to small |lip shape=3-lobed;notched;3-lobed;notched;entire;plane |lobe shape=lanceolate |pseudostem development=developed |pseudostem some measurement=1m;2m |stem height or length or size=short |terminal appendage length or size=long |tooth fusion=connate |x chromosome quantity=11 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Zingiberaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Template:Zingiberaceae (view source) Return to Zingiber.