Zingiber

The genus Zingiber is native to Southeast Asia especially in Thailand, China, the Indian Subcontinent, and New Guinea.  It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their medicinal and culinary value. The most well known is Z. officinale, garden ginger.

Culinary
Each ginger species has a different culinary usage; for example, myoga is valued for the stem and flowers.  Garden ginger's rhizome is the classic spice "ginger", and may be used whole, candied (known commonly as crystallized ginger), or dried and powdered. Other popular gingers used in cooking include cardamom and turmeric, though neither of these examples is a "true ginger" – they belong to different genera in the Zingiberaceae family.

Species

The Plant List<ref name=tpl>{{ cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=zingiber |title=Zingiber |work=The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet) |year=2010 |accessdate=November 11, 2011}}</ref> records the following accepted names for Zingiber species:

 Zingiber acuminatum Valeton
 Zingiber albiflorum R.M.Sm.
 Zingiber apoense Elmer
 Zingiber argenteum Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber atrorubens Gagnep.
 Zingiber aurantiacum (Holttum) Theilade
 Zingiber banhaoense Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber barbatum Wall.
 Zingiber bisectum D.Fang
 Zingiber brachystachys Triboun & K.Larsen
 Zingiber bradleyanum Craib
 Zingiber brevifolium N.E.Br.
 Zingiber bulusanense Elmer
 Zingiber callianthus Triboun & K.Larsen
 Zingiber capitatum Roxb.
 Zingiber cernuum Dalzell
 Zingiber chantaranothaii Triboun & K.Larsen
 Zingiber chlorobracteatum Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber chrysanthum Roscoe
 Zingiber chrysostachys Ridl.
 Zingiber citriodorum Theilade & Mood
 Zingiber clarkei King ex Baker
 Zingiber cochleariforme D.Fang
 Zingiber collinsii Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber coloratum N.E.Br.
 zingiber cornubracteatum Triboun & K.Larsen
 Zingiber corallinum Hance
 Zingiber curtisii Holttum
 Zingiber cylindricum Thwaites
 Zingiber densissimum S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia
 Zingiber eberhardtii Gagnep.
 Zingiber eborinum Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber elatior (Ridl.) Theilade
 Zingiber elatum Roxb.
 Zingiber ellipticum (S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia) Q.G.Wu & T.L.Wu
 Zingiber flagelliforme Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber flammeum Theilade & Mood
 Zingiber flavomaculosum S.Q.Tong
 Zingiber flavovirens Theilade
 Zingiber fragile S.Q.Tong
 Zingiber fraseri Theilade
 Zingiber georgeae Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber gracile Jack
 Zingiber gramineum Noronha ex Blume
 Zingiber griffithii Baker
 Zingiber guangxiense D.Fang
 Zingiber gulinense Y.M.Xia
 Zingiber idae Triboun & K.Larsen
 Zingiber incomptum B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.
 Zingiber inflexum Blume
 Zingiber integrilabrum Hance
 Zingiber integrum S.Q.Tong
 Zingiber intermedium Baker
 Zingiber isanense Triboun & K.Larsen
 Zingiber junceum Gagnep.
 Zingiber kawagoii Hayata
 Zingiber kelabitianum Theilade & H.Chr.
 Zingiber kerrii Craib
 Zingiber kunstleri King ex Ridl.
 Zingiber lambii Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber laoticum Gagnep.
 Zingiber larsenii Theilade
 Zingiber latifolium Theilade & Mood
 Zingiber leptorrhizum D.Fang
 Zingiber leptostachyum Valeton
 Zingiber ligulatum Roxb.
 Zingiber lingyunense D.Fang
 Zingiber loerzingii Valeton
 Zingiber longibracteatum Theilade
 Zingiber longiglande D.Fang & D.H.Qin
 Zingiber longiligulatum S.Q.Tong
 Zingiber longipedunculatum Ridl.
 Zingiber longyanjiang Z.Y.Zhu
 Zingiber macradenium K.Schum.
 Zingiber macrocephalum (Zoll.) K.Schum.
 Zingiber macroglossum Valeton
 Zingiber macrorrhynchus K.Schum.
 Zingiber malaysianum C.K.Lim : black ginger
 Zingiber marginatum Roxb.
 Zingiber martinii R.M.Sm.
 Zingiber matutumense Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber meghalayense Kumar, Mood, Singh & Sinha
 Zingiber mekongense Gagnep.
 Zingiber menghaiense S.Q.Tong
 Zingiber mioga (Thunb.) Roscoe : myoga ginger
 Zingiber molle Ridl.
 Zingiber monglaense S.J.Chen & Z.Y.Chen
 Zingiber monophyllum Gagnep.
 Zingiber montanum (J.König) Link ex A.Dietr. (synonyms: Z. cassumunar; Z. purpureum)
 Zingiber multibracteatum Holttum
 Zingiber neesanum (J.Graham) Ramamoorthy
 Zingiber neglectum Valeton
 Zingiber negrosense Elmer
 Zingiber neotruncatum T.L.Wu, K.Larsen & Turland
 Zingiber newmanii Theilade & Mood
 Zingiber nigrimaculatum S.Q.Tong
 Zingiber nimmonii (J.Graham) Dalzell
 Zingiber niveum Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber nudicarpum D.Fang
 Zingiber odoriferum Blume
 Zingiber officinale Roscoe : ginger
 Zingiber oligophyllum K.Schum.
 Zingiber olivaceum Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber orbiculatum S.Q.Tong
 Zingiber ottensii Valeton
 Zingiber pachysiphon B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.
 Zingiber panduratum Roxb.
 Zingiber papuanum Valeton
 Zingiber pardocheilum Wall. ex Baker
 Zingiber parishii Hook.f. subsp. phuphanense Triboun & K. Larsen
 Zingiber paucipunctatum D.Fang
 Zingiber pellitum Gagnep.
 Zingiber pendulum Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber peninsulare Theilade
 Zingiber petiolatum (Holttum) Theilade
 Zingiber phillippsiae Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber phumiangense Chaveer. & Mokkamul
 Zingiber pleiostachyum K.Schum.
 Zingiber porphyrosphaerum K.Schum.
 Zingiber pseudopungens R.M.Sm.
 Zingiber puberulum Ridl.
 Zingiber pubisquama Ridl.
 Zingiber pyroglossum Triboun & K.Larsen
 Zingiber raja C.K.Lim & Kharuk.
 Zingiber recurvatum S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia
 Zingiber roseum (Roxb.) Roscoe
 Zingiber rubens Roxb.
 Zingiber rufopilosum Gagnep.
 Zingiber sirindhorniae Triboun
 Zingiber simaoense Y.Y.Qian
 Zingiber smilesianum Craib
 Zingiber spectabile Griff. : beehive ginger
 Zingiber squarrosum Roxb.
 Zingiber stenostachys K.Schum.
 Zingiber stipitatum S.Q.Tong
 Zingiber striolatum Diels
 Zingiber sulphureum Burkill ex Theilade
 Zingiber tenuiscapus Triboun & K.Larsen
 Zingiber thorelii Gagnep.
 Zingiber tuanjuum Z.Y.Zhu
 Zingiber vanlithianum Koord.
 Zingiber vittacheilum Triboun & K.Larsen
 Zingiber velutinum Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber vinosum Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber viridiflavum Mood & Theilade
 Zingiber wandingense S.Q.Tong
 Zingiber wightianum Thwaites
 Zingiber wrayi Prain ex Ridl.
 Zingiber yingjiangense S.Q.Tong
 Zingiber yunnanense S.Q.Tong & X.Z.Liu
 Zingiber sadakornii Triboun & K.Larsen
 Zingiber zerumbet'' (L.) Roscoe ex Sm. : shampoo ginger

References

External links 

 Flora of North China – Zingiber

Category:Edible plants
Category:Medicinal plants
Category:Spices
Category:Zingiberoideae
Category:Zingiberales genera