THAILAND NATURE PROJECT
THAILAND NATURE PROJECT
  • Animals
    • Insects of Thailand >
      • Coleoptera - Beetles
      • Hemiptera - True Bugs
      • Lepidoptera - Butterflies
      • Lepidoptera - Moths
      • Odonata - Dragonflies & Damselflies
      • Hymenoptera - Bees, Wasps & Ants
      • Mantodea - Mantids
      • Phasmatodea - Stick Insects
      • Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
      • Blattodea - Cockroaches
      • Diptera and other Fly families
    • Arachnids of Thailand >
      • Araneae - Spiders
      • Scorpiones - Scorpions
      • Opiliones - Harvestmen
      • Thelyphonida - Whip Scorpions
    • Other Arthropods
    • Reptiles of Thailand
    • Amphibians of Thailand
    • Birds of Thailand
    • Marine Fish of Thailand
    • Mammals of Thailand
  • Plants
    • Plants of Thailand >
      • Angiosperms - Flowering Plants
      • Pteridophytes - Ferns and Fern Allies
    • Plant Families - English - Thai - Chinese names
  • Fungi & Lichen
    • Fungi of Thailand
    • Lichen of Thailand
  • Contact
  • Animals
    • Insects of Thailand >
      • Coleoptera - Beetles
      • Hemiptera - True Bugs
      • Lepidoptera - Butterflies
      • Lepidoptera - Moths
      • Odonata - Dragonflies & Damselflies
      • Hymenoptera - Bees, Wasps & Ants
      • Mantodea - Mantids
      • Phasmatodea - Stick Insects
      • Orthoptera - Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
      • Blattodea - Cockroaches
      • Diptera and other Fly families
    • Arachnids of Thailand >
      • Araneae - Spiders
      • Scorpiones - Scorpions
      • Opiliones - Harvestmen
      • Thelyphonida - Whip Scorpions
    • Other Arthropods
    • Reptiles of Thailand
    • Amphibians of Thailand
    • Birds of Thailand
    • Marine Fish of Thailand
    • Mammals of Thailand
  • Plants
    • Plants of Thailand >
      • Angiosperms - Flowering Plants
      • Pteridophytes - Ferns and Fern Allies
    • Plant Families - English - Thai - Chinese names
  • Fungi & Lichen
    • Fungi of Thailand
    • Lichen of Thailand
  • Contact

Zingiberales of Thailand


Home > Plants of Thailand > Zingiberales

Kingdom: Plantae
​Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Zingiberales


Zingiberaceae or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of about 50 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes distributed throughout tropical Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Wikipedia

Family: ​Cannaceae (​Indian Shot Family)

Genera: Canna
Canna indica.jpg
Canna indica, Muang Chiang Mai, August

Family: ​Costaceae (​Costus Family​)

Genera: Cheilocostus
Cheilocostus speciosus.jpg
Cheilocostus speciosus (Crêpe ginger) Chiang Mai, September

Family: ​Heliconiaceae (​Lobster-claw Family)

Genera: Heliconia
Heliconia humilis.jpg
Heliconia humilis Khao Soi Dao N.P. Chanthaburi December
Heliconia platystachys.jpg
Heliconia platystachys Pa Hin Ngam N.P Chaiyaphum September
Heliconia rostrata.jpg
Heliconia rostrata Chonburi July
Heliconia Sp..jpg
Heliconia Sp. 001 Pa Hin Ngam N.P Chaiyaphum August

Family: ​Musaceae (​Banana Family)

Genera: Musa
Musa balbisiana, Banana flower.jpg
Musa balbisiana Chonburi January
Musa laterita, Bronze Banana.jpg
Musa laterita Chonburi January
Musa paradisiaca, Banana flower.jpd
Musa paradisiaca Chonburi February

Family: ​Zingiberaceae (​Ginger Family)

Genera: Alpinia, Amomum, Boesenbergia, Curcuma, Globba, Kaempferia, Phaeomeria, Zingiber
Alpinia conchigera, Lesser Alpinia.jpg
Alpinia conchigera (Lesser Alpinia)
Alpinia malaccensis flowering stem.jpg
Alpinia malaccensis, Mae Hong Son, May 2018
Alpinia purpurata, Red Ginger.jpg
Alpinia purpurata Khao Yai N.P. nakhon Ratchasima August
Amomum biflorum.jpg
Amomum biflorum (Jack) Nam Tok Khlong Keaw N.P. Bo Rai Trat April
Boesenbergia maxwellii flowers.jpg
Boesenbergia maxwellii, Pai, Mae Hong Son, September 2017
Boesenbergia rotunda, Chinese Ginger.jpg
Boesenbergia rotunda Khao Yai N.P. Nakhon Ratchasima August
Curcuma alismatifolia, Siam Tulip.jpg
Curcuma alismatifolia Pa Hin Ngam N.P Chaiyaphum July
Picture
Curcuma ecomata, Doi Suthep-Pui N.P. Chiang Mai, June 2014
Curcuma longa.jpg
Curcuma longa Khao Soi Dao N.P. Chanthaburi July
Curcuma parviflora.jpg
Curcuma parviflora Phu Laen Kha N.P. Chaiyaphum July
Curcuma singularis.jpg
Curcuma singularis Gagnep. Phu Laen Kha N.P. Chaiyaphum May
Curcuma Sp.jpg
Curcuma Sp. 001, Phu Laen Kha N.P. Chaiyaphum July
Curcuma Sp.jpg
Curcuma Sp. 002, Pa Hin Ngam N.P Chaiyaphum August
Globba leucantha.jpg
Globba leucantha Bo Rai Trat June
Globba obscura.jpg
Globba obscura Khao Yai N.P. Nakhon Ratchasima August
Globba schombergkii.jpg
Globba schombergkii Phu Laen Kha N.P. Chaiyaphum July
Kaempferia angustiflolia.jpg
Kaempferia angustiflolia Phu Laen Kha N.P. Chaiyaphum June
Kaempferia laotica.jpg
Kaempferia laotica ~ Peacock Ginger
Kaempferia rotunda Ginger.jpg
Kaempferia rotunda Phu Laen Kha N.P. Chaiyaphum March
Phaeomeria magnifica, Torch Ginger.jpg
Phaeomeria magnifica Phu Laen Kha N.P. Chaiyaphum July
Zingiber parishii.jpg
Zingiber parishii (Hook. f.) Phu Kieow Wildlife Refuge Chaiyaphum August
Zingiber Junceum.jpg
Zingiber junceum Pa Hin Ngam N.P. Chaiyaphum July
Zingiber zerumbet, Shampoo Ginger.jpg
Zingiber zerumbet Chonburi August
Zingiber sp, Ginger.jpg
Zingiber sp. 001, Pa Hin Ngam N.P. Chaiyaphum August
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

​Main Pages

Insects of Thailand
Arachnids of Thailand
Other Arthropods of Thailand
Birds of Thailand
Reptiles of Thailand
Amphibians of Thailand
Marine Fish of Thailand
Mammals of Thailand
Plants of Thailand
Fungi of Thailand
Lichen of Thailand


©  2022 Thailand Nature Project - All Rights Reserved
No part of this website or any of its contents may be reproduced, copied, modified or adapted, without the prior written consent of the author.