Family: Zingiberaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates
  
• Shade-tolerant
  
• Reproduces by seeds and vegetatively by rhizomes
  
• Seeds dispersed by wind and intentionally by people
  
• Limited ecological information reduces accuracy of risk prediction

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization in genus
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental
  
• May require specialized pollinators to produce seeds