Plants Profile for Zingiber officinale (garden ginger)

General Information
Symbol:	ZIOF
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Zingiberaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	PB I PR I VI I
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center (NPDC). Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Royal Botanic Gardens. March 13, 2002. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
AMZI	Amomum zingiber L.
ZIZI2	Zingiber zingiber (L.) Karst., nom. inval.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Zingiberidae
Order	Zingiberales
Family	Zingiberaceae – Ginger family
Genus	Zingiber Mill. – ginger
Species	Zingiber officinale Roscoe – garden ginger

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status