Zingiberales

Kingdom: Plantae (plants)
Division: Magnoliophyta (flowers)
Class: Liliopsida (monocotyledons)
Order: Zingiberales

The Zingiberales are an order of monocots, including familiar plants like bananas and ginger. They are also called the Cannales. There are eight different families:

• Zingiberaceae (e.g. ginger, cardamom, turmeric, zingiber mioga[?])
• Musaceae (e.g. banana)
• Strelitziaceae[?]
• Lowiaceae[?]
• Heliconaceae[?]
• Costaceae[?]
• Cannaceae[?] (e.g. canna[?])
• Merantaceae[?] (e.g. arrowroot)