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The Zingiberales
Diversity: a well defined group of 8 families and about 1,800 species that, for the most part, is centered in the world's tropical forests. Cronquist indicates that the "broad but fragile leaf-blade of the group may reflect adaptation to a forest habitat, with low light-intensity and little wind".
Musaceae - the banana family (Musa) - 2 genera, 42 species
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Strelitziaceae - the Bird-of-Paradise Flower family - 3 genera, 7 species
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Cannaceae (Canna) - monotypic, ca. 50 species
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More information on the Musaceae
, Strelitziaceae,
and Cannaceae