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".

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.

Zingiberaceae Costaceae Cannaceae Marantaceae

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