A Lowiaceae come the family of monocot flowering plants, part of order Zingiberales. A personal includes one genus (Orchidantha); the genera Lowia, Protamomum, & Wolfia come okay, usually involved inside genus Orchidantha.

Orchidantha occurs as ill known genus, by using Five-10 species indigeous to the Indomalaya ecozone, including Indochina, southern China, and Borneo.

Orchidantha means "Orchid-flower", when one of a petals on the flowers is modified into a labellum, such as a flowers of orchids. 1 metal money, Orchidantha inouei of Borneo, imitates a scent of muck sequentially to attract little Onthophagus dung beetles as pollinators.