In this study, 20 selected species of Zingiberaceae collected from the Agricultural Conservatory Park, Institute of Bioscience (IBS), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) were taxonomically classified using a molecular method with the help of three random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and three inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers until the tribe level. Therefore, accurate taxonomic classification is required by using a molecular approach. It is due to some Zingiberaceae species showing cryptic morphologies that make it difficult to classify them through classical taxonomy, which refers to the unique morphological characteristics of a tribe/species. However, the taxonomic classification of Zingiberaceae is still debated, especially the classical taxonomy.

This family comprises a different number of subfamilies and genera according to different taxonomic classification methods - classical taxonomy: one subfamily and four tribes vs molecular taxonomy: four subfamilies and six tribes. Zingiberaceae is widely distributed in Malaysia, with 750 species and 31 genera.

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