Editing Zingiberaceae (section)

== Evolution ==
The earliest known fossils of the family belong to the [[Campanian]] age and are from the genera ''[[Spirematospermum]]'' in [[Germany]],''[[Tricostatocarpon]]'' and ''[[Striatornata]]'' in [[Mexico]], and ''[[Momordiocarpon]]'' in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Selena Y. |last2=Iles |first2=William J. D. |last3=Benedict |first3=John C. |last4=Specht |first4=Chelsea D. |date=2 August 2018 |title=Building the monocot tree of death: Progress and challenges emerging from the macrofossil‐rich Zingiberales |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajb2.1123 |journal=American Journal of Botany |language=en |volume=105 |issue=8 |pages=1389–1400 |doi=10.1002/ajb2.1123 |pmid=30071130 |s2cid=51909421 |issn=0002-9122|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=Selena Y. |last2=Kapgate |first2=Dashrath K. |last3=Robinson |first3=Shannon |last4=Srivastava |first4=Rashmi |last5=Benedict |first5=John C. |last6=Manchester |first6=Steven R. |date=2021-02-01 |title=Fossil Fruits and Seeds of Zingiberales from the Late Cretaceous–Early Cenozoic Deccan Intertrappean Beds of India |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/711474 |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=182 |issue=2 |pages=91–108 |doi=10.1086/711474 |s2cid=231875495 |issn=1058-5893}}</ref> ''[[Spirematospermum chandlerae]]'' from the [[Santonian]] of [[North Carolina]] was previously classified in the Zingiberaceae, but more recent studies support it belonging to the [[Musaceae]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Burgos-Hernández |first1=Mireya |last2=Pozo |first2=Carmen |last3=González |first3=Dolores |date=20 December 2018 |title=Evolutionary history of Musaceae: ancient distribution and the rise of modern lineages |url=https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article-abstract/189/1/23/5254196 |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=189 |issue=1 |pages=23–25|doi=10.1093/botlinnean/boy070 }}</ref><ref name=mobot/>