Order

Zingiberales (Gingers, bananas, and allies)

Canna flaccida. Photo: (c) Athena Philips, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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The Zingiberales are flowering plants forming one of four orders in the commelinids clade of monocots, together with its sister order, Commelinales. The order includes 68 genera and 2,600 species. Zingiberales are a unique though morphologically diverse order that has been widely recognised as such over a long period of time. Usually large herbaceous plants with rhizomatous root systems and lacking an aerial stem except when flowering. Flowers are usually large and showy, and the stamens…

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Subtaxa

Family: Cannaceae (Canna lilies)

Where in Humboldt

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