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Zingiberaceae

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Ginger family
Red Torch (Etlingera elatior)
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Zingiberaceae
Type genus
Zingiber
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Zingiberaceae, or the Ginger family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes, comprising ca. 52 genera and more than 1300 species, distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas.