Angiospermae - Zingiberales - Zingiberaceae
Parent taxon: Zingiberales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Ettinghausen 1880, Hickey 1977, Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Cannaceae, Costaceae, Ensete, Heliconiaceae, Lowiaceae, Marantaceae, Musaceae, Strelitziaceae
Subtaxa: Adelmeria Amomocarpum Amomophyllum Amomum Boesenbergia Spirematospermum Zingiberites Zingiberoideophyllum Zingiberopsis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Miocene of Germany (29), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (10)
• Oligocene of Germany (13), the Russian Federation (14), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (53: North Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (10: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of United States (6: North Carolina, North Dakota)
Total: 140 collections each including a single occurrence