# Zingiber

Zingiber is a genus of flowering plants in the family Zingiberaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, New Guinea, and Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. It contains the true gingers, plants grown the world over for their culinary value. The most well known species are Z. officinale and Z. mioga, two garden gingers. The genus name comes from Latin borrowing the Tamil name for the first species.

## 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 family Zingiberaceae.

## Species

Plants of the World Online currently includes:
* Zingiber acuminatum Valeton
* Zingiber aguingayae Docot
* Zingiber albiflorum R.M.Sm.
* Zingiber album Nurainas
* Zingiber anamalayanum Sujanapal & Sasidh.
* Zingiber angustifolium C.K.Lim & Meekiong
* Zingiber apoense Elmer
* Zingiber argenteum Mood & Theilade
* Zingiber arunachalensis A.Joe, T.Jayakr., Hareesh & M.Sabu
* Zingiber atroporphyreum Škornick. & Q.B.Nguyen
* Zingiber atrorubens Gagnep.
* Zingiber aurantiacum (Holttum) Theilade
* Zingiber banhaoense Mood & Theilade
* Zingiber barbatum Wall.
* Zingiber belumense C.K.Lim & Meekiong
* Zingiber bipinianum D.K.Roy, D.Verma, Talukdar & Dutta Choud.
* 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 cardiocheilum Škornick. & Q.B.Nguyen
* Zingiber castaneum Škornick. & Q.B.Nguyen
* Zingiber caudatum Biseshwori & Bipin
* Zingiber cernuum Dalzell
* Zingiber chantaranothaii Triboun & K.Larsen
* Zingiber chengii Y.H.Tseng, C.M.Wang & Y.C.Lin
* 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 corallinum Hance
* Zingiber cornubracteatum Triboun & K.Larsen
* Zingiber curtisii Holttum
* Zingiber cylindricum Thwaites
* Zingiber densissimum S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia
* Zingiber discolor Škornick., H.Ð.Tran & Rybková
* Zingiber diwakarianum R.Kr.Singh
* Zingiber eberhardtii Gagnep.
* Zingiber eborinum Mood & Theilade
* Zingiber elatius (Ridl.) Theilade
* Zingiber elatum Roxb.
* Zingiber ellipticum (S.Q.Tong & Y.M.Xia) Q.G.Wu & T.L.Wu
* Zingiber engganoense Ardiyani
* Zingiber fallax (Loes.) L.Bai, Juan Chen & N.H.Xia
* Zingiber flagelliforme Mood & Theilade
* Zingiber flammeum Theilade & Mood
* Zingiber flaviflorum C.K.Lim & Meekiong
* Zingiber flavofusiforme M.M.Aung & Nob.Tanaka
* 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 hainanense Y.S.Ye, L.Bai & N.H.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 jiewhoei Škornick.
* Zingiber junceum Gagnep.
* Zingiber kangleipakense Kishor & Škornick.
* 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 lecongkietii Škornick. & H.Ð.Tran
* Zingiber leptorrhizum D.Fang
* Zingiber leptostachyum Valeton
* Zingiber leucochilum L.Bai, Skornick. & N.H.Xia
* Zingiber ligulatum Roxb.
* Zingiber limianum Meekiong
* 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 martini R.M.Sm.
* Zingiber matangense Noor Ain, Tawan & Meekiong
* Zingiber matupiense M.M.Aung & Nob.Tanaka
* Zingiber matutumense Mood & Theilade
* Zingiber mawangense Noor Ain & Meekiong
* Zingiber meghalayense Sushil K.Singh, Ram.Kumar & Mood
* Zingiber mekongense Gagnep.
* Zingiber mellis Škornick., H.Ð.Tran & Sída f.
* Zingiber microcheilum Škornick., H.Ð.Tran & Sída f.
* Zingiber mioga (Thunb.) Roscoe
* Zingiber mizoramense Ram.Kumar, Sushil K.Singh & S.Sharma
* Zingiber molle Ridl.
* Zingiber monglaense S.J.Chen & Z.Y.Chen
* Zingiber monophyllum Gagnep.
* Zingiber montanum (J.Koenig) Link ex A.Dietr. (synonyms: Z. cassumunar; Z. purpureum)
* Zingiber multibracteatum Holttum
* Zingiber murlenica Ram.Kumar, Sushil K.Singh & S.Sharma
* Zingiber nanlingense Lin Chen, A.Q.Dong & F.W.Xing
* Zingiber natmataungense S.S.Zhou & R.Li
* Zingiber nazrinii C.K.Lim & Meekiong
* Zingiber neesanum (J.Graham) Ramamoorthy
* Zingiber neglectum Valeton
* Zingiber negrosense Elmer
* Zingiber neotruncatum T.L.Wu, K.Larsen & Turland
* Zingiber nigrimaculatum S.Q.Tong
* Zingiber nimmonii (J.Graham) Dalzell
* Zingiber nitens M.F.Newman
* Zingiber niveum Mood & Theilade
* Zingiber odoriferum Blume
* Zingiber officinale Roscoe
* 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.
* Zingiber pauciflorum L.Bai, Skornick., D.Z.Li & N.H.Xia
* Zingiber pellitum Gagnep.
* Zingiber pendulum Mood & Theilade
* Zingiber petiolatum (Holttum) Theilade
* Zingiber pherimaense Biseshwori & Bipin
* Zingiber phillippsiae Mood & Theilade
* Zingiber phumiangense Chaveer. & Mokkamul
* Zingiber pleiostachyum K.Schum.
* Zingiber plicatum Škornick. & Q.B.Nguyen
* Zingiber popaense Nob.Tanaka
* Zingiber porphyrochilum Y.H.Tan & H.B.Ding
* Zingiber porphyrosphaerum K.Schum.
* Zingiber pseudopungens R.M.Sm.
* Zingiber pseudosquarrosum L.J.Singh & P.Singh
* Zingiber puberulum Ridl.
* Zingiber purpureum Roscoe
* 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 sabuanum K.M.P.Kumar & A.Joe
* Zingiber sabun C.K.Lim
* Zingiber sadakornii Triboun & K.Larsen
* Zingiber salarkhanii M.A.Rahman & Yusuf
* Zingiber shuanglongense C.L.Yeh & S.W.Chung
* Zingiber simaoense Y.Y.Qian
* Zingiber singapurense Škornick.
* Zingiber skornickovae N.S.Lý
* Zingiber smilesianum Craib
* Zingiber spectabile Griff.
* Zingiber squarrosum Roxb.
* Zingiber stenostachys K.Schum.
* Zingiber striolatum Diels
* Zingiber subroseum Docot
* Zingiber sulphureum Burkill ex Theilade
* Zingiber tenuifolium L.Bai, Škornick. & N.H.Xia
* Zingiber tenuiscapus Triboun & K.Larsen
* Zingiber thorelii Gagnep.
* Zingiber tuanjuum Z.Y.Zhu
* Zingiber ultralimitale Ardiyani & A.D.Poulsen
* Zingiber vanlithianum Koord.
* Zingiber velutinum Mood & Theilade
* Zingiber ventricosum L.Bai, Škornick., N.H.Xia & Y.S.Ye
* Zingiber vinosum Mood & Theilade
* Zingiber viridiflavum Mood & Theilade
* Zingiber vittacheilum Triboun & K.Larsen
* Zingiber vuquangense N.S.Lý, T.H.Lê, T.H.Trinh, V.H.Nguyen & N.D.Do
* Zingiber wandingense S.Q.Tong
* Zingiber wightianum Thwaites
* Zingiber wrayi Prain ex Ridl.
* Zingiber yersinii Škornick., H.Ð.Tran & Rybková
* Zingiber yingjiangense S.Q.Tong
* Zingiber yunnanense S.Q.Tong & X.Z.Liu
* Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Roscoe ex Sm. : shampoo ginger