Zingiberales

The Zingiberales are an order of monocots, including familiar plants like bananas and ginger. They are also called the Cannales. There are eight different families:

• Zingiberaceae (e.g. ginger, cardamom, turmeric, myoga)
• Musaceae (e.g. banana)
• Strelitziaceae
• Lowiaceae
• Heliconiaceae
• Costaceae
• Cannaceae
• Marantaceae (e.g. arrowroot)