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Zingiberales

The documents below provide information on select Zingiberales - provided by Ray Baker and Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawaii. Click on a genus below to jump to that genus. Please note these PDFs are over five years old; if you notice any errors, we would appreciate receiving any updated identification information at info@heliconia.org.

Costaceae (Spiral Gingers)

Chamaecostus (2)

Chamaecostus

Cheilocostus (3)

Cheilocostus

Costus (37)

Costus

Dimercostus (1)

Monocostus (1)

Dimercostus
Monocostus

Paracostus (2)

Paracostus

Tapeinocheilos (3)

Tapeinocheilos

Lowiaceae

Orchidantha (1)

Orchidantha

Afrocalathea (1)

Afrocalathea

Marantaceae

Ctenanthe (1)

Ctenanthe

Musaceae (Bananas)

Musa (1)

Musa

Zingiberaceae (Gingers)

Aframomum (5)

Aframomum

Alpinia (46)

Alpinia

Amomum (18)

Amomum

Boesenbergia (7)

Boesenbergia

Burbidgea (4)

Burbidgea

Cornukaempferia (2)

Cornukaempferia

Curcuma (40)

Curcuma

Curcumorpha (1)

Curcumorpha

Elettaria (2)

Elettaria

Elettariopsis (17)

Elettariopsis

Etlingera (21)

Etlingera

Gagnepainia (2)

Geocharis (1)

Gagnepainia
Geocharis

Globba (9)

Globba

Haniffia (1)

Haniffia

Hedychium (10)

Hedychium

Hornstedtia (5)

Hornstedtia

Kaempferia (14)

Kaempferia

Laosanthus (1)

Laosanthus

Mantisia (1)

Mantisia

Plagiostachys (6)

Plagiostachys

Pleuranthodium (8)

Renealmia (3)

Pleuranthodium
Renealmia

Riedelia (2)

Riedelia

Scaphochlamys (4)

Scaphochlamys

Siamanthus (1)

Siamanthus

Siphonochilus (1)

Siphonochilus

Smithatris (1)

Smithatris
Vanoverberghia

Vanoverberghia (1)

Zingiber (57)

Zingiber

Undetermined (1)

Undetermined
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