Zingiberaceae ( ) or the ginger family is a family of flowering plants made up of more than 1300 species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes . It members are divided into about 52 genera and distributed throughout tropical Africa , Asia , and the Americas .
Zingiberaceae , or the Ginger family , is a family of flowering plants consisting of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal or tuberous rhizomes , comprising ca. 52 genera and more than 1300 species , distributed throughout tropical Africa , Asia , and the Americas .