How do you classify ginger?

Ginger (_Zingiber officinale_) belongs to the family _Zingiberaceae_, known as the ginger family, which encompasses a wide range of flowering plants commonly known for their aromatic and pungent rhizomes. Here's the classification of ginger:

- Kingdom: Plantae

- Clade: Tracheophytes (vascular plants)

- Clade: Angiosperms (flowering plants)

- Clade: Monocots

- Order: Zingiberales

- Family: Zingiberaceae

- Genus: Zingiber

- Species: Zingiber officinale Roscoe

Ginger belongs to the monocot group of flowering plants characterized by the presence of one seed leaf (cotyledon) in their seeds. Within the Zingiberaceae family, ginger is part of the genus _Zingiber_, which includes several other species such as turmeric, cardamom, and galangal.