Zingiberaceae is a family of flowering plants made up of about 56 genera with a total of about 1600 known species of aromatic perennial herbs with creeping horizontal rhizomes distributed throughout tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and America, and are especially abundant in Southeast Asia.

Zingiberaceae is the largest family of the order Zingiberales. Major genera include Alpinia (200 species), Etlingera (110 species), Curcuma (100 species), Globba (100 species), Zingiber (100 species), Renealmia (75 species), Riedelia (75 species), Amomum (65 species), Aframomum (60 species), Boesenbergia (60 species), Hedychium (50 species), Hornstedia (50 species), and Meisteria (42 species).