Boehmer, G.R. (1760), Definitiones Generum Plantarum Edn. 3: 89 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: Nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 1324).

Roscoe, W. (1807), A new arrangement of the plants of the Monandrian Class usually called Scitamineae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 8: 358 [secondary reference]

• Type: Zingiber officinale Roscoe

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 4(30): 165 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 539 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1179, 1180 [secondary reference]

Smith, R.M. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1987), Zingiberaceae. Flora of Australia 45: 20-21 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

Larsen, K., Lock, J.M., Maas, H & Maas, P.J.M. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Zingiberaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 4: 488, Fig. 123 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 566 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 923 [secondary reference]

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