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An annotated list of the species of Musa.

by David Constantine

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last updated 11/12/2008

The genus Musa.

Introduction

The genus Musa.

The genus Musa was first described by the pre-Linnean Rumphius. The name may derive from mauz (mouz or moz) the Arabic word for the banana fruit, but it was accepted by Linnaeus because it could have been in commemoration of Antonius Musa (63 - 14 BCE) who was physician to the first Roman Emperor, Octavius Augustus.

Musa has historically been divided into six sections viz., Australimusa, Callimusa, Ingentimusa, Eumusa (Musa) 1, Eumusa (Musa) 2 and Rhodochlamys. These sections do not have formal taxonomic significance but they are useful in discussing relationships between bananas. Studies by Carol Wong and colleagues in Singapore have revealed that genetic differences between each section in the same chromosome group are smaller than those within each section. This means that the traditional separation of the sections can no longer be substantiated and the six sections have recently been reduced to three. Previously the 2n = 20 chromosome species were separated into the sections Australimusa and Callimusa and the 2n = 22 chromosome species were separated into the sections Eumusa 1, Eumusa 2 and Rhodochlamys. The studies of Wong et al do, however, maintain the separation between the 20 and 22 chromosome species. The 2n = 14 Musa ingens remains in its own section. It remains to be seen whether Carol Wong's results are substantiated.

You can read the following table as a list of all the known species of Musa but there is doubt about some of them (particularly those marked (?)) so please treat it with caution. The sectional placement of some of the species is also questionable and subject to change as further information becomes available.

NOTE This table will need to be modified to take into account the proposed 'acuminata' and 'ornata' groups within Sect. Musa, and the 'coccinea' and 'textilis' groups within sect. Callimusa as defined by Wong et al Gardens' Bulletin (Singapore), 55 (1) : 97-111. (2003).

Chromosome number
(x = 1n)
Section
Distribution Species Main uses

7
Ingentimusa Papua New Guinea M. ingens not known

10
Australimusa Queensland, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines. M. alinsanaya
M. boman
M. bukensis
M. fitzalanii [extinct]
M. insularimontana
M. jackeyi
M. johnsii
M. lawitiensis
M. lolodensis
M. maclayi
M. monticola
M. muluensis
M. peekelii
M. textilis
M. tuberculata Fibre (M. textilis), fruit (fe'i bananas).

10
Callimusa Indo-China to Indonesia
(especially Borneo). M. azizii
M. barioensis
M. bauensis
M. beccarii
M. borneënsis
M. campestris
M. coccinea
M. exotica
M. flavida
M. gracilis
M. hirta
M. lokok
M. paracoccinea
M. pigmaea
M. sakaiana
M. salaccensis
M. splendida
M. violascens
M. voonii Ornamental.

11

Eumusa (Musa) 1

India to Samoa. M. acuminata
M. banksii
M. basjoo
M. flaviflora
M. griersonii
M. itinerans
M. ochracea
M. schizocarpa
M. siamea (?)
M. thomsonii
M. tonkinensis Fruit, vegetable, wrapping, ornamental.

11
Eumusa (Musa) 2 India to Samoa. M. balbisiana
M. cheesmanii
M. nagensium
M. sikkimensis Fruit, fibre, vegetable, wrapping, ornamental.

11
Rhodochlamys India to Indo-China. M. angcorensis
M. aurantiaca
M. laterita
M. lutea
M. mannii
M. ornata
M. rosea
M. rubra
M. sanguinea
M. velutina
M. viridis Ornamental.

The Nomenclature of the genus Musa.

There are two nomenclature systems in use for bananas. The first is the Linnean binomial system, which is used for wild species such as Musa basjoo. The second is Simmonds and Shepherd's genome nomenclature system, which is used for edible cultivars such as Musa (AAA group) 'Dwarf Cavendish'. How did this come about?

The nomenclature of the genus Musa has long been very confused and often still is even in recent and supposedly authoritative books. The ultimate source of the confusion is Linnaeus. When Species Plantarum was published in 1753 Linnaeus was familiar with only one type of banana, which he had seen growing under glass in the garden of Mr George Cliffort near Haarlem in Holland. The "type" species of the genus, Musa paradisiaca L. was based on Musa Cliffortiana L. which, being published in 1736, is technically a "pre-Linnean" Linnean name. Musa paradisiaca produces edible bananas, as Linnaeus well knew. What Linnaeus did not know is that Musa paradisiaca is not a species at all but a rather complex hybrid. In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae in 1759 Linnaeus added a second species to the genus, Musa sapientum, another edible, fruiting banana, and another hybrid. In Following Linnaeus, Latin binomial names were given to new bananas as they were discovered.

Early travellers to Asia, the "home" of the genus Musa, were bewildered by the bananas they encountered; dozens of different types were seen. Some seemed similar to Musa paradisiaca and M. sapientum and were described as botanical varieties of them. Other more distinct types were given separate species names. These names were published in the literature but sometimes in rather obscure journals and often with inadequate descriptions. The result was that one plant often ended up with more than one name.

Two main groups of banana were muddled up in the plethora of names. The first is a group of edible bananas producing essentially seedless ripe fruit, parthenocarpically. The second, and much smaller group, produce seedy ripe fruit or in the absence of pollination none at all; these are the true species. The practice of naming every new banana with a Latin binomial which continued for far longer than it should, resulted in more than 250 named types. At various times attempts were made to impose some order on the proliferation of names but, more often than not, these further confused the picture.

As early as 1865 a remarkable botanist named Sulpiz Kurz began to see that the edible bananas were of hybrid origin. Kurz even suspected the two species involved. But Kurz’s pioneering work in Calcutta, much of it unpublished, was ended by his untimely death whilst on leave in Penang in 1877 and was ignored for the next 70 years. It was not until the 1940's that real progress was made in sorting out the confusion.

The father of modern Musa taxonomy is Ernest Cheesman who worked at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad. Cheesman discovered the "true" identities of Linnaeus’ Musa paradisiaca and M. sapientum. These are the 'French Plantain' and 'Silk Fig' respectively. These names are not especially important in themselves; all edible bananas go by a number of local names. The important point is that Cheesman was able to identify Linnaeus' "species" with cultivars that are well known and still grown today. Cheesman's particular breakthrough was the realisation that it was impossible to reconcile within the Linnean nomenclature system the true, wild species of banana and the hybrid, edible, fruit bearing types.

By deliberately ignoring the cultivars, Cheesman was able to tease out from the literature and give modern definition to some of the most important botanical species. One of the most important results of Cheesman's work was the proper definition of the species Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. By Cheesman's time, Kurz’s insight was widely recognised; the vast majority of the edible fruiting-bearing bananas are derived from just these two species.

This apparently simple situation is made more complex by the fact that some cultivars seemed to derive purely from M. acuminata whereas others could be seen to have M. balbisiana blood in them. Those derived purely from M. acuminata could perhaps be formally named as in the following form: M. acuminata 'Grand Nain'. Those that seemed to be hybrids could perhaps be named in the form of M. acuminata x M. balbisiana 'Rajapuri'. However, the origin of the edible cultivars proved to be much more complicated than mere hybridisation. Attempts to re-create cultivars by crossing M. acuminata and M. balbisiana met with abject failure. Further, while some cultivars were diploid the majority was found to be triploid, with three sets of chromosomes. In some cultivars all three sets of chromosomes seemed to come from M. acuminata, in others, sometimes one set seemed to come from M. balbisiana, sometimes two sets. This complexity made it difficult to devise a concise nomenclature system based on Latin names that could cope with all possible permutations. Eventually Cheesman and his colleagues realised that the use of Latin names for edible cultivars would have to be abandoned. Cheesman did not propose how then to deal with the nomenclature of the edible bananas but left this to two of his young colleagues, Norman Simmonds and Ken Shepherd.

In 1955, Simmonds and Shepherd (both of whom coincidentally died in 2002) devised a new nomenclature system for the edible fruit bearing bananas based on their genotype. Simmonds and Shepherd listed various features that were characteristic of Musa acuminata and M. balbisiana and gave them arbitrary numerical values. They then scored plants based on a visual assessment of these characters and together with knowledge of the chromosome number of the plants, they were able to assign them to various genome groups. Musa acuminata was designated as genotype AA and Musa balbisiana as BB; both are diploid species. Some edible bananas were found to have an AA or AB genotype but the vast majority is triploid. The bananas we are most familiar with in western supermarkets have an AAA genotype; they are derived completely from Musa acuminata. These AAA genotype bananas dominate world trade but globally they are not the most important bananas. AAB and ABB genotypes are far more important in Africa and Asia where they are grown by hundreds of thousands of small farmers and are staple foods for millions.

The placing of edible bananas into genome groups based on visual scoring requires a high degree of skill but has been done to the satisfaction of most for all banana cultivars. Modern genetic techniques have largely supported genome assessments made by Simmonds and Shepherd's system but significant changes have sometimes been made. Genetic techniques have now largely superseded visual scoring to determine genome groups. To give examples of how formally to name edible cultivars of bananas here are the now rejected Latin names of some bananas "translated" into the modern genome nomenclature system:

Musa paradisiaca L. becomes Musa (AAB group) 'French Plantain'
Musa sapientum L. becomes Musa (AAB group) 'Silk Fig'
Musa cavendishii Lamb. ex Paxt. becomes Musa (AAA group) 'Dwarf Cavendish'

Further work has revealed even more complexity in edible bananas. Some AAA group bananas are constituted from three different subspecies of Musa acuminata and other species are also rarely involved. A tiny group of cultivars from Papua New Guinea involves a third species, Musa schizocarpa, designated as having an SS genotype, hybridised with Musa acuminata to give the AS group. Another group of bananas also from Papua New Guinea is of more mysterious origin. They probably derive from Musa maclayi but for the time being are simply known as the Fe'i group of bananas as in Musa (Fe’i group) ‘Utafun’.

Despite the simplicity of the product of Simmonds and Shepherd's system, as distinct from its application, and its widespread use by banana fruit specialists, there is an extraordinary reluctance to adopt it in ornamental horticulture. The application of what are effectively spurious or mis-applied Linnaean binomials is therefore still widespread even in recent and, supposedly, authoritative horticultural publications. This would not be so bad if publications were consistent one with another in terms of nomenclature but some, notably recent RHS publications, are not even internally consistent. Where their use has been devalued if not actually discredited by Simmonds and Shepherd, the tendency to cleave to Linnaean binomials as the only mechanism with which to fix a plant in the horticultural firmament is, at the very least, unhelpful and sometimes downright misleading.

This website does not attempt to deal with fruit-bearing cultivars. I have not made and I do not intend to make a systematic, cross-referenced list of hybrid names. Michel Porcher has made a brave attempt to provide just such a cross-referenced list of Musa cultivar names and his website is here.

Species

Please note that this is NOT a list of all known Musa species but an attempt to list all published Musa species and intraspecific names. The vast majority of these names are not valid. If you want a definitive list of all known Musa species then please see the table above.

Click on the names for more information

Musa abaca G. (G. G.) S. Perrottet, Mem. Soc. Linn. Par. 3: 130 (1825).
Musa acuminata L. A. Colla, Memoria sul genere Musa e monografia del Medesimo : 66 (1820) and E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 3 (1): 22 (1948).
Musa acuminata subsp. acuminata N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 463 - 489 (1956).
Musa acuminata var. alasensis R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991).
Musa acuminata subsp. banksii (F. J. H. von Mueller) N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 463 (1956).
Musa acuminata var. bantamensis R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991).
Musa acuminata var. breviformis R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991).
Musa acuminata subsp. burmannica N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 463 - 489 (1956).
Musa acuminata subsp. burmannicoides E. A. De Langhe, Bulletin du Jardin botanique de l'État a Bruxelles, 30 (3): 375-388. (1960).
Musa acuminata var. cerifera (C. A. Backer) R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991).
Musa acuminata subsp. errans (F. M. Blanco) R. V. Valmayor, The Philippine Agricultural Scientist, 84 (3): 325 - 331 (2001).
Musa acuminata var. flava (H. N. Ridley) R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991).
Musa acuminata subsp. halabanensis (W. Meijer) M. Hotta, In: Kagoshima University Research Centre for the South Pacific Occasional Papers No. 16, , pp. 67 - 75. (1989).
Musa acuminata var. longipetiolata R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991).
Musa acuminata subsp. malaccensis (H. N. Ridley) N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 463 - 489 (1956).
Musa acuminata subsp. microcarpa (O. Beccari) N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 463 - 489 (1956).
Musa acuminata var. nakaii R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991).
Musa acuminata subsp. rubrobracteata M. Hotta, In: Kagoshima University Research Centre for the South Pacific Occasional Papers No. 16, , pp. 67 - 75. (1989).
Musa acuminata var. rutifiles (C. A. Backer) R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991).
Musa acuminata subsp. siamea N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 463 - 489 (1956).
Musa acuminata subsp. sumatrana O. Beccari ex M. Hotta In: Kagoshimna University Research Centre for the South Pacific Occasional Papers No. 16: 70. (1989).
Musa acuminata var. sumatrana (O. Beccari) R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991).
Musa acuminata var. tomentosa (O. Warburg ex K. M. Schumann) R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991).
Musa acuminata subsp. truncata (H. N. Ridley) R. Kiew, Ann. Bot. (U.K.) 88: 1025 (2001).
Musa acuminata subsp. zebrina (L. B. Van Houtte ex J. É. Planchon, Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 10: 223 (1855)) author not known to me, nomen nudum?
Musa acuminata 'Sumatrana' Hort.
Musa acuminata forma acuminata C. A. Backer & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Flora of Java 3 : 38. (1968).
Musa acuminata forma cerifera C. A. Backer & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Flora of Java 3 : 38. (1968).
Musa acuminata forma rutilipes C. A. Backer & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Flora of Java 3 : 38. (1968).
Musa acuminata var. culta S. Kurz, Journ. Agric. Hort. Soc. India 14 : 297 (1865-66) ex J. G. Baker, Ann. Bot. 7 : 216 (1893).
Musa acuminata var. violacea S. Kurz, Journ. Agric. Hort. Soc. India 14 : 298 (1865-66) ex J. G. Baker, Ann. Bot. 7 : 216 (1893).
Musa acuminata var. zebrina (L. B. Van Houtte ex J. É. Planchon) R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991)
Musa x acutibracteata M. Hotta Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 21: 4 (1964) & Journ. Jap. Exp. Bot. 42: 347 (1967).
Musa africana Hort. Bull. Cat. 6. (1871).
Musa agharkarii A. K. Chakravorti, Journal of the Indian botanical Society 27 (2): 93 (1948).
Musa aiori P. A. Sagot [?Revue Horticole 60 (1888)].
Musa airoi auct. ex De Wildeman, E., Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa alinsanaya R. V. Valmayor, The Philippine Agricultural Scientist. 84 (3): 325 - 331 (2001).
Musa alosperma Gardeners' Chronicle series 3, 20: 369 & 467 fig. 85 (1896).
Musa alphurica G. E. Rumphius, Herb. Amboinense (1741 - 1750) & F. A. W. Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 3: 589 (1855 or 1859?)
Musa x alphurica F. A. W. Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 3: 589 (1855 or 1859?)
Musa amboinensis G. E. Rumphius Herbarium Amboinense (1741 - 1750) & F. A. W. Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 3: 588 (1855 or 1859?)
Musa angcorensis F. Gagnepain, Bulletin de la Societé Botanique de France 54 (4) : 412-413 (1907).
Musa angeviensis F. Gagnepain, Bulletin de la Societé Botanique de France 54 (4) : 412-413 (1907) (?).
Musa angustigemma N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 8: 573 (1953) and Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 486 (1956).
Musa aphurica G. E. Rumphius ex P. A. Sagot, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 34: 329 (1887) and Revue Horticole 60: 71 (1888).
Musa arabibus L. Plukenet, Almagestum: 145 (1696).
Musa x aracanensis F. W. Ripley ex E. De Wildeman, Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa x arakanensis F. W. Ripley Proceed. Agri.-Hort. Soc. Ind., 10 : 50 - 51 (1859).
Musa x aranakensis F. W. Ripley ex A. H. Blechynden, Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India 5 (1): 53 (1856).
Musa arnoldiana E. A. J. De Wildeman, Bull. Soc. Etud. Colon. Brux. 8: 339 (1901).
Musa assamica G. Mann ex J. G. Baker, in J. D. Hooker, The Flora of British India 6: 263 (1892).
Musa augustigemma
Musa aurantiaca G. Mann ex J. G Baker, Annals of Botany 7: 222 (1893).
Musa azizii M. Häkkinen, Acta Phytotax. Geobot.56 (1): 27 - 31 (2005).
Musa baccara Hort. B&T Seeds Cat.
Musa x bacoba C. F. Rottboøll (Rottboell), Act. Lit. Univ. Hafn. 1: 302 (1778).
Musa bagshawei A. B. Rendle & S. Greves, Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 48: 169 [t. 506] (1910).
Musa bakeri J. D. Hooker Hort. Kew & J. G. Baker, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, t. 7627 (1898).
Musa balbisiana L. A. Colla, Memoria sul genera Musa e monografia del Medesimo 56 (1820) and E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 3 (1): 14 (1948).
Musa balbisiana var. andamica D. B. Singh, T. V. Sreekumar, R. S. Sharma, & A. K. Bandyopadhyay, Malayan Nature Journal 52 (3&4): 157-160 (1998).
Musa balbisiana var. balbisiana D. B. Singh, T. V. Sreekumar, R. S. Sharma, & A. K. Bandyopadhyay, Malayan Nature Journal 52 (3&4): 157-160 (1998).
Musa balbisiana var. brachycarpa F. J. Chittenden & H. Comber, Bulletin of the Imperial Institute XLVI: 218 - 223 (1948).
Musa banksiana S. Kurz, Journ. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. N. S. 5: 164 (1877).
Musa banksii F. J. H. von Mueller, Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ, 4: 132 (1863 - 4).
Musa banksii var. banksii K. Domin, Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 536. (1914).
Musa banksii var. muelleriana K. Domin, Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 536. (1914).
Musa banksii var. samoensis E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 3 (2): 154 - 157 (1948).
Musa banksii var. singampatti M. P. Nayar, Ind. Journ. Hort., 9: 13 (1952).
Musa barioensis M. Häkkinen, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 57(1): 57 (2006).
Musa basjoo P. F. (B.) von Siebold ex Y. Iinuma, Sintei Somoku dzusetsu ed. 2, 3: pl. 1 (1874) et J. G. Baker Curtis's Botanical Magazine t. 7182 (1891).
Musa basjoo var. basjoo S. S. Ying, Mem. Coll. Agric. Nation. Taiwan Univ., 25 (2) : 100 (1985).
Musa basjoo var. formosana S. S. Ying, Mem. Coll. Agric. Nation. Taiwan Univ., 25 (2) : 100 (1985).
Musa basjoo cultivars Hort.
Musa bauensis M. Häkkinen & K. Meekiong Sytematics & Biodiversity 2: 169-173 (2004).
Musa beccarii N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 14 (2): 198 - 212 (1960).
Musa beccarii var. beccarii (N. W. Simmonds) var. hottana M. Häkkinen, Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica Vol. 56 (2) : 138 (2005).
Musa beccarii var. hottana (N. W. Simmonds) var. hottana M. Häkkinen, Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica Vol. 56 (2) : 138 (2005).
Musa x berterii L. A. Colla, Mem. Gen. Musa, 57 (1820) ex S. Kurz J. Agric. Hort. Soc. Ind. Part 1. 5 (3), 112 - 168 (1877).
Musa x berteroi L. A. Colla, Mem. Gen. Musa, 57 (1820).
Musa x berteroniana E. G. von Steudel, Nom. ed. II, 2:167, sphalm. (1841)
Musa x berteroniana L. A. Colla ex P. A. Sagot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 34: 328 - 330 (1887).
Musa bicolor Hort.
Musa x bidigitalis E. A. J. De Wildeman, Mission De Briey Mayumbé, 329 (1920).
Musa bihai L. Sp. Pl.: 1043 (1753)
Musa boman G. C. G. Argent, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 35 (1): 108 (1976).
Musa borneense err. typ. RBGE
Musa borneensis O. Beccari, Nelle Foreste di Borneo, 622 (1902).
Musa borneensis var. alutacea M. Häkkinen & K. Meekiong, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56 (3): 220 (2005).
Musa borneensis var. borneensis
Musa borneensis var. flavida (M. Hotta) M. Häkkinen & K. Meekiong, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56 (3): 218 (2005).
Musa borneensis var. lutea M. Häkkinen & K. Meekiong, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56 (3): 222 (2005).
Musa borneensis var. phoenicea M. Häkkinen & K. Meekiong, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56 (3): 223 (2005).
Musa borneensis var. sarawakensis M. Häkkinen & K. Meekiong, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56: 224 (2005).
Musa brachycarpa C. A. Backer, Handboek voer de Flora van Java 3: 135 (1924).
Musa brieyi E. A. J. De Wildeman, Mission De Briey Mayumbé, 329 (1920).
Musa brownii non F. J. H. von Mueller, Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ
Musa buchanani J. G. Baker, Annals of Botany 7: 207 (1893).
Musa bukensis G. C. G. Argent, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 35 (1): 101 (1976).
Musa calosperma F. J. H. von Mueller, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 355 (1885) and Gardeners' Chronicle series 3, 20: 369 & 467 fig. 85 (1896).
Musa campestris O. Beccari, Nelle Foreste di Borneo, 622 (1902).
Musa campestris subsp. campestris M. Hotta
Musa campestris subsp. glabra M. Hotta
Musa campestris var. campestris M. Häkkinen, The Philippine Agricultural Scientist 86 (4) : 424 - 435. (2003).
Musa campestris var. lawasensis M. Häkkinen, The Philippine Agricultural Scientist 86 (4) : 424 - 435. (2003).
Musa campestris var. limbangensis M. Häkkinen, The Philippine Agricultural Scientist 86 (4) : 424 - 435. (2003).
Musa campestris var. miriensis M. Häkkinen, The Philippine Agricultural Scientist 86 (4) : 424 - 435. (2003).
Musa campestris var. sabahensis M. Häkkinen, The Philippine Agricultural Scientist 86 (4) : 424 - 435. (2003).
Musa campestris var. sarawakensis M. Häkkinen, The Philippine Agricultural Scientist 86 (4) : 424 - 435. (2003).
Musa cardiosperma Jain
Musa carolinae A. Sterler, Hortus Nymphenburgensis, seu Enumeratio plantarum in horto regio Nymphenburgensi cultarum. 109 (1821).
Musa cavendishii A. B. Lambert (1836). OR J. Paxton, Magazine of Botany 3: 51 (1837). OR A. B. Lambert ex J. Paxton, Magazine of Botany 3: 51-52 (1837).
Musa cavendishii var. hawaiiensis N. G. Teodoro, Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 410 (1915).
Musa cavendishii var. pumila (F. M. Blanco) N. G. Teodoro, Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 412 (1915).
Musa celebica O. Warburg ex K. M. Schumann, In: A. Engler et al (eds.) Das Pflanzenreich. IV, 45: 22 (1912).
Musa ceramica G. E. Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense (1750).
Musa cerifera (C. A. Backer) T. Nakai, Bulletin of the Tokyo Science Museum. No. 22. II: 14 (1948).
Musa champa Hort. ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 263 (1892).
Musa chapara G. S. (G. G.) Perrottet, Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 131 (1825).
Musa charlioi W. Hill, Rep. Brisbane Bot. Gard., 7 (1874).
Musa cheesmanii N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 479 (1956).
Musa chevalieri F. Gagnepain, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55, 58, Mem. 8: 87 (1908) and A. J. B. Chevalier, Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France 8: 31 - 109 (1908).
Musa x chiliocarpa C. A. Backer, Handboek voor de Flora van Java (Musaceae) 3: 130 - 141 (1924).
Musa chinensis R. Sweet, Loudon's "Hortus Britannicus," ed. 2: 596 (1830). nomen nudum.
Musa chunii M. Häkkinen, Journal of Systematics and Evolution 46 (6): 0 - 0 (2008).
Musa x cinerea Hort. ex Gentil., Pl. Cult. Serres Bot. Brux. 125 (1907).
Musa cliffortiana C. Linnaeus, "Musa Cliffortiana, florens Hartecampi 1736 prope Harlemum". (1736).
Musa coccinea H. C. Andrews, Botanists Repository pl. 47 (1797).
Musa coccinia H. C. Andrews, Botanists Repository pl. 47 (1797).
Musa consociata T. Nakai, Bulletin of the Tokyo Science Museum. No. 22. II: 16 (1948).
Musa corbieri A. J. B. Chevalier, Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14 (149) : 519-520 (1934).
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Musa humilior H. Sloane, A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica: 147 (1725).
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Musa itinerans var. chinensis Häkkinen, Novon 18(1): 51 (2008).
Musa itinerans var. gigantea Hort. Cat. Nature Products
Musa itinerans var. guandongensis Häkkinen, Novon 18(1): 54 (2008).
Musa itinerans var. itinerans
Musa itinerans var. lechangensis Häkkinen, Novon 18(1): 56 (2008).
Musa itinerans var. xishuangbannaensis Häkkinen, Novon 18(1): 57 (2008).
Musa jackeyi W. Hill, Report on the Brisbane Botanic Garden: 7 (1874).
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Musa kattuvazhana K. Cherian Jacob, Monog. Madras Bananas. : 129 (1952).
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Musa liukiuensis (J. Matsumura) T. Makino ex H. Kuroiwa, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 14: 141 (1900) et (J. Matsumura) T. Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 181 (1912).
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Musa maclayi subsp. maclayi G. C. G. Argent, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 35: 97 (1976).
Musa maclayi subsp. maclayi var. erecta G. C. G. Argent, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 35: 97 (1976).
Musa maclayi subsp. maclayi var. maclayi G. C. G. Argent, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 35: 97 (1976).
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Musa maculata N. J. von Jacquin, Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 4: 23 (1804).
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Musa mangindanas Hort.
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Musa x martabanica Hort. ex J. G. Baker, Ann. Bot. 7 : 213 (1893).
Musa martini Hort. various authors
Musa martinii Hort. various authors
Musa martreti A. J. B. Chevalier, Tribune Hort. 3: 38 (1908).
Musa martretiana A. J. B. Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Acclim. Paris: 79 (1907) and Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 14: 507 (1934).
Musa massoni P. Sagot ex J. G. Baker, Annals of Botany 7: 209 (1893).
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Musa maurelii Hort. ex H. E. Moore, Baileya 5 (1): 188, (1957).
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Musa mexicana E. Matuda, Madroño 10 (6): 166 - 169 (1950).
Musa microcarpa O. Beccari, Nelle Foreste di Borneo, 623 (1902).
Musa mindanensis F. A. W. Miquel, Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 588 (1855).
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Musa nagensium var. nagensium
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Musa nana J. de Loureiro Fl. Cochinch.: 644 (1790).
Musa nepalensis N. Wallich, in W. Roxburgh, Flora Indica 2: 490 (1824) and ibid. ed. 2 vol. 1: 669 (1832).
Musa x nigra G. (G. G.) S. Perrottet, Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 3 : 131 (1825).
Musa ochracea K. Shepherd, Kew Bulletin 17 (3): 461 (1964).
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Musa orientum auct. ex De Wildeman, E., Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa ornata W. Roxburgh, Hortus Bengalensis, 19 (1814) and Flora Indica I: 488 (1820-1824).
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Musa ornata var. normalis C. (K.) E. O. Kuntze
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Musa x paradisiaca subsp. sapientum var. dacca (Horan.) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 20 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. seminifera var. dubia (King) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. seminifera var. hookeri (King) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. sapientum var. martabanica (Baker) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 20 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. sapientum var. mensaria (Moench) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 20 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. sapientum var. odorata (Lour.) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 20 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. sapientum var. oleracea (Vieill.) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 20 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. sapientum var. regia (Baker) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 20 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. sapientum var. rubra (Firminger ex Baker) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 20 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. sapientum var. sanguinea (Welw. ex Baker) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. sapientum var. vittata (W. Ackerman ex Rodigas) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. sapientum var. violacea (Baker) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. seminifera (Lour.) K. Schum. in in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. seminifera var. pruinosa (King) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. seminifera var. thomsonii (King) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. troglodytarum (Baker) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca subsp. troglodytarum (L.) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca var. acicularis J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 30 (1786).
Musa x paradisiaca var. champa (Baker) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 20 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca var. cinerea Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 250 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. coarctata J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 32 (1786).
Musa x paradisiaca var. compressa Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 240 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. coriacea J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 30 (1786).
Musa x paradisiaca var. corniculata J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 29 (1786).
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Musa x paradisiaca var. dorsata J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 31 (1786).
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Musa x paradisiaca var. fatua J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 32 (1786).
Musa x paradisiaca var. formosana (Warb.) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca var. glaberrima Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 245 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. glauca Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 250 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. granulosa J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 31 (1786).
Musa x paradisiaca var. hookeri (King) De Wildeman, E., Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa x paradisiaca var. kantally (Auct.) De Wildeman, E., Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa x paradisiaca var. lacatan Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 243 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. longa Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 245 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. lunaris J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 32 (1786).
Musa x paradisiaca var. magna Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 244 (1837).
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Musa x paradisiaca var. massonii (Sagot) De Wildeman, E., Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa x paradisiaca var. maxima Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 245 (1837).
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Musa x paradisiaca var. pruinosa (King) De Wildeman, E., Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa x paradisiaca var. punctata J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 31 (1786).
Musa x paradisiaca var. pumila J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 32 (1786).
Musa x paradisiaca var. pumila Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 244 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. purpurascens J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 31 (1786).
Musa x paradisiaca var. rarukala (Auct.) De Wildeman, E., Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa x paradisiaca var. regia J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 31 (1786).
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Musa x paradisiaca var. rubra (Chal.) De Wildeman, E., Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa x paradisiaca var. sanguinea (Welw. ex Baker) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
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Musa x paradisiaca var. suaveolens Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 244 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. subrubea Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 245 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. ternatensis Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 243 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. tetragona J. G. A. Forster, De Plantis Esculentis Insulam Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica: 30 (1786).
Musa x paradisiaca var. thomsonii (King) De Wildeman, E., Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa x paradisiaca var. thomsonii (King ex Baker) King ex K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca var. tiparot Quisumb., Philipp. Agric. Rev. 12(3): xx (1919).
Musa x paradisiaca var. tombak Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 246 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. ulnaris Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 246 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. violacea Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 245 (1837).
Musa x paradisiaca var. violacea (Baker) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900). nom. illeg.
Musa x paradisiaca var. violacea (Baker) De Wildeman, E., Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa x paradisiaca var. viridis E. A. J. De Wildeman, Mission De Briey Mayumbé, xxx (1920).
Musa x paradisiaca var. vittata (W. Ackerman ex Rodigas) K. Schum. in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 21 (1900).
Musa x paradisiaca var. vittata (Hook. f.) De Wildeman, E., Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa x paradisiaca royalii Hort.
Musa peekelii C. (K.) A. G. Lauterbach, Bot. Jahrb. 50: 306, fig. 1 (1913).
Musa peekelii subsp. angustigemma (N. W. Simmonds) G. C. G. Argent, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 35 (1): 106 (1976).
Musa peekelii subsp. peekelii G. C. G. Argent, Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 35 (1): 104 & 106 (1976).
Musa perrieri P. Claverie, Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris 140: 1612 (1905).
Musa pierrei Ipse
Musa pierrei P. Hubert. Le bananier. Paris, Dunod. (1907).
Musa pigmaea M. Hotta, Kagoshima University Research Centre for the South Pacific, Occasional Papers No. 16: 73 (1989). nomen nudum
Musa polycarpa T. Nakai, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus., No. 22. II: 13 (1948).
Musa x prematura T. Nakai, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus., No. 22. II: 16 (1948).
Musa proboscidea D. Oliver, in J. D. Hooker, Icones Plantarum 18, t. 1777 (1888). nomen dubium
Musa procera A. J. B. Chevalier, Novitates Florae Africanae in Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France 8: 31 - 109 (1908). [?]
Musa protractorachis E. A. J. De Wildeman, Mission de Briey Mayumbé: 316 (1920).
Musa pruinosa I. H. Burkill, Rec. Bot. Surv. India. 10: 384 (1925).
Musa pumila W. Bojer, MS. (1835). nomen.
Musa purpureo-tomentosa E. A. J. De Wildeman, Mission de Briey Mayumbé: 326 (1920).
Musa raoulii P. Hubert. Le bananier. Paris, Dunod. (1907).
Musa rarukala Auct. ex De Wildeman, Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa rectispica T. Nakai, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus., No. 22. II: 9 (1948).
Musa regalis Hort. ex De Wildeman, Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 10: 286 - 362. (1912).
Musa regia G. E. Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense 5: 131 (1750).
Musa religiosa J. Dybowski (Dybowsky), Rev. Hort. 72: 262 (1900) and E. A. J. De Wildeman, Ann. Mus. Col. Marseille ser. 2, 10: 352 (1912).
Musa rhinozerotis W. S. Kurz, J. Agric. Hort. Soc. Ind. Part 1. 5 (3): 164. (1877).
Musa rhodochlamys Hort. ex Gentil, Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 125 (1907).
Musa riperti A. J. B. Chevalier, Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Franç. 1: 632 (1920).
Musa robusta N. Wallich
Musa rojo Hort.
Musa rosacea N. J. von Jacquin, Plantarum rarorium Horti Caesari Schoenbrunnensis 4: 22 & t. 445 (1804) and Fragm. t. 132 fig. 4 (1808).
Musa rosacea Hort. auct. non N. J. von Jacquin
Musa rosacea Singh, H. P., Uma, S. & Sathiamoorthy, S. non N. J. von Jacquin
Musa rosea J. G. Baker, Annals of Botany 7: 221 (1893) and M. Häkkinen, Novon 16 (4): 492 – 496 (2006).
Musa ruandensis E. A. J. De Wildeman, Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles 8: 111 (1923).
Musa rubida R. E. Holltum, unpublished manuscript, Musa sp. native in Malaya, in library at RBG Kew, (typed 1974) : 15. (1944-46).
Musa rubinea Hort. Cat. Nature Products
Musa rubinea var. "Orange" Hort. Cat. Nature Products
Musa rubinea var. "Vino Tinto" Hort. Cat. Nature Products
Musa rubra Firminger non N. Wallich ex J. G. Baker, Ann. Bot. 7 : 213 (1893).
Musa rubra N. Wallich ex W. S. Kurz, J. Agric. Hort. Soc. India 14: 301 (1876) and M. Häkkinen, Philipp. Agr. Sci. 86 (1): 92 - 98 (2003).
Musa rubra N. Wallich ex C. A. B. Backer in M. Hotta, In: Kagoshima University Research Centre for the South Pacific Occasional Papers No. 16, 1989, pp. 67 - 75.(1989).
Musa rubra Hort. ex E. T. Steudel, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 167 (1841). nom. inval.
Musa rubra K. Scherzer, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara. Theil, Wien (1861-2).
Musa rubronervata E. A. J. De Wildeman, Bull. Jard. Bot. Bruxelles 8: 112 (1923).
Musa rumphiana W. S. Kurz, J. Agric. Hort. Soc. Ind. Part 1. 5 (3): 164. (1877).
Musa sakaiana K, Meekiong, I. B. Ipor & C. S. Tawan, (2006) Folia Malaysiana 6 (3-4): 131-138.
Musa salaccensis H. Zollinger, Syst. Verz. Indisch. Archip. 74 (1854) nomen nudum & Pl. Exsic. Jav. no. 1353 (1854?).
Musa sanguinea F. M. J. Welwitsch ex J. G. Baker, Ann. Bot. 7: 212 (1893).
Musa sanguinea J. D. Hooker, Bot. Mag. t. 5975 (1872).
Musa x sapidisiaca K. C. Jacob, Monogr. Madras Bananas, 10 (1952) in obs., 11 and Madras Agric. J. 47 (9): 402 - 404 (1960).
Musa x sapientum L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10: 1303 (1759).
Musa x sapientum var. americana N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 398 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. binutig N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 401 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. canara N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 406 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. champa Baker 1893
Musa x sapientum var. cinerea (Blanco) N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 397 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. compressa (Blanco) N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 408 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. cubensis N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 397 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. daryao N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 403 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. dubia
Musa x sapientum var. gambicola A. Chev.
Musa x sapientum var. garangao N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 401 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. glaberrima (Blanco) N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 399 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. glauca (Blanco) N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 402 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. grandis N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 410 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. inarnibal N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 406 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. lacatan (Blanco) N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 405 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. liukiuensis (Baker)
Musa x sapientum var. longa (Blanco) N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 407 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. pruinosa
Musa x sapientum var. rubra
Musa x sapientum var. seminifera
Musa x sapientum var. suaveolens (Blanco) N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 400 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. ternatensis (Blanco) N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 404 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. tudlong N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 402 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. tuldoc N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 407 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. tombak (Blanco) N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 407 (1915).
Musa x sapientum var. violacea (Blanco) N. G.Teodoro, The Philippine Journal of Science, C 10: 398 (1915).
Musa x sapientum subsp. seminifera forma pruinosa (M. bal.)
Musa x sapientum subsp. troglodytarum (L.) Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 215 (1893),
Musa saporro Hort.
Musa sativa G. E. Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense 5: 130 (1750).
Musa schizocarpa N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 463 - 489 (1956).
Musa schweinfurthii K. M. Schumann & O. Warburg ex K. M. Schumann, In: A. Engler et al (eds.) Das Pflanzenreich. Engelmann, Leipzig, 1900 - . 4, 45 : 14. (1912).
Musa schweinfurthii sensu Hutchinson & Dalziel, Flora of West Tropical Africa ed. 1., 2 (2): 328 (1936).
Musa seemanni F. J. H. von Mueller Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 9: 190 (1875).
Musa seemannii F. J. H. von Mueller Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 9: 190 (1875).
Musa seminifera J. de Loureiro Fl. Cochinch.: 644 (1790).
Musa seraphionis
Musa serapionis
Musa siamea
Musa siamensis M. Häkkinen and R. H. Wallace, Folia Malaysiana, 8 (2): 61 - 70. (2007).
Musa sikkimensis W. S. Kurz, J. Agric. Hort. Soc. Ind. Part 1. 5 (3): 164 (1877) and N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 478 (1956).
Musa silvestris G. E. Rumphius Herbarium Amboinense 5: 130 & 139 (1750).
Musa silvestris Lamarie (?) Bull. Écon. Indochine. (1901).
Musa silvestris L. A. Colla Memoria della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 25 : xxx (1820). [Memoria sul genere Musa e monografia del Medesimo 58 (1820).]
Musa simiarum G. E. Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense 5: 125 et t. 61 fig. 1 (1750.).
Musa simiarum W. S. Kurz, J. Agric. Hort. Soc. Ind. 14: 297. (1866).
Musa simiarum var. corniculata W. S. Kurz, J. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. 14: 299 (1866).
Musa simiarum var. culta W. S. Kurz, J. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. 14: 298 (1866).
Musa simiarum var. sylvestris W. S. Kurz, J. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. 14: 297 (1866).
Musa simiarum var. violacea W. S. Kurz, J. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. 14: 298 (1866).
Musa sinensis P. A. Sagot. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 34: 329 (1887).
Musa sinensis R. Sweet ex P. A. Sagot. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 34: 329 (1887).
Musa sinensis P. A. Sagot ex J. G. Baker. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 209 (1893).
Musa speciosa M. Tenore, Index Seminum Horto Bot. Neapol. 16 (1829).
Musa splendida A. J. B. Chevalier, Rev. Bot. Appliq. 14: 517 (1934).
Musa suaveolens G. Mann ex J. G. Baker, Annals of Botany (Oxford) 7: 222 (1893).
Musa sumatrana O. Beccari, Cat. Hort. Flor. II : 4 (cited by Baker 1893).
Musa sumatrana O. Beccari ex E-F. André, L'Illustration Horticole N. S. 27 : 37 t. 375 (1880).
Musa sumatrana sensu J. G. Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7 : 219 (1893).
Musa sumatrana sensu H. N. Ridley, Kew Bulletin : 90 (1926).
Musa sumatrana 'Rubra' Hort.
Musa sundaica T. Nakai, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus., No. 22. II: 14 (1948).
Musa superba W. Roxburgh, Hortus Bengalensis 19: 19 (nomen) (1814), and Flora Indica 2: 2 (description) (1824), and Flora Indica ed. 2, 1: 667 (1832).
Musa suratii G. C. G. Argent, Gardens' Bulletin Singapore, 52 (1) : 203 (2000).
Musa sylvestris L. A. Colla, Memoria della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 25 : xx (1820). [Memoria sul genere Musa e monografia del Medesimo 58 (1820).]
Musa textilis L. Née, Anales Ciencias Naturales 4: 123 (1801) and E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 4 (3): 267 - 272 (1949).
Musa textilis Luis. ex F. A. W. Miquel, Flor. Ind. batavæ.
Musa textilis var. amboinensis (Miq.) Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 211 (1893).
Musa textilis var. tashiroi B. Hayata, Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. 3 : 194 (1913).
Musa textilis var. tahisor
Musa thompsoni
Musa thomsonii (G. King ex K. M. Schumann) A. M. Cowan & J. M. Cowan. The Trees of Northern Bengal. Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, Calcutta. 1929.
Musa tikap O. Warburg, Tropenpflanzen 7: 34 (1903).
Musa tomentosa O. Warburg ex K. M. Schumann in Pflanzenr. (Engler), IV, 45: 22 (1912).
Musa tonkinensis R. V. Valmayor, L. D. Danh & M. Häkkinen, Philipp. Agric. Scientist 88: 240 (2005).
Musa trichocarpa T. Nakai, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus., No. 22. II: 13 (1948).
Musa troglodytarum L., Species Plantarum ed. II: 1478 (1763).
Musa troglodytarum var. acutaebracteata L. H. MacDaniels, B. P. Bishop. Mus. Bull., 190: 56 (1947).
Musa troglodytarum var. dolioformis F. M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas : 855 (1837).
Musa troglodytarum var. errans F. M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas, 247 (1837).
Musa troglodytarum var. rubrifolia O. Kuntze. Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 692 (1891).
Musa troglodytarum var. textoria F. M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas : 247 (1837).
Musa troglodytarum var. typica L. H. MacDaniels, B. P. Bishop. Mus. Bull., 190: 56 (1947).
Musa truncata H. N. Ridley, J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 4 : 80 (1909).
Musa truncata var. horizontalis R. E. Holttum, unpublished manuscript in RBG Kew library (1944-1946).
Musa tuberculata M. Hotta, Journal of Japanese Botany 42 (11) : 347 (1967).
Musa ulugurensis O. Warburg & O. Moritz ex O. Warburg, Der Tropenpflanzer 8: 116 (1904).
Musa uranoscopos G. E. Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense, 5: 137 (1750).
Musa uranoscopos J. de Loureiro, Flora Cochinchinensis, 645 (1790).
Musa uranoscopos L. A. Colla, Memoria sul genere Musa e monografia del Medesimo : 59 (1820), nom. illeg.
Musa uranoscopus B. C. Seeman, Fl. Vit. : 290 (1868).
Musa uranospatha F. H. O. Finsch
Musa velutina H. (A.) Wendland & C. G. O. Drude, Gartenflora, 65, t. 823 (1875).
Musa ventricosa F. M. J. Welwitsch, Apontamentas Phyto-Geographicos no. 45: 545 & 587, (1859).
Musa violacea Hort. ex J. G. Baker, Annals of Botany 7: 212 (1893).
Musa violacea Hort. auct. non Baker
Musa violascens H. N. Ridley, Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, 3: 384 (1893).
Musa viridis R. V. Valmayor, L. D. Danh and M. Häkkinen, The Philippine Agricultural Scientist 87 (1): 110 –118.(2004).
Musa x vittata W. Ackermann and E. Rodigas ex L. B. Van Houtte, Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. , t. 1510 - 1513 (1862 - 1865).
Musa voonii M. Häkkinen, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 55(2): 80 (2004).
Musa wilsonii W. J. Tutcher, Gardeners' Chronicle series 3, 32: 450 [fig. 151: 451] (1902), & Revue Horticole 34 (1903).
Musa xishuangbannaensis Hort. Cat. Nature Products
Musa yunnanense Hort.
Musa yunnanensis M. Häkkinen & Wang Hong, Novon 17(4): 441. (2007).
Musa zebrina J. É. Planchon ex L. B. Van Houtte, Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 10: 223, t. 1061 - 62 (1854-55).
Musa zebrina forma cerifera C. A. Backer, Handboek voor de Flora van Java 3: 137 (1924).
Musa zebrina forma immaculata T. Nakai, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus., No. 22. II: 15 (1948).
Musa zebrina forma rutilipes C. A. Backer, Handboek voor de Flora van Java 3: 137 (1924).
Musa zebrina var. culta T. Nakai, Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus., No. 22. II: 15 (1948).
Musa zebrina 'Rojo' Hort.

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Chromosome number (x = 1n)	Section	Distribution	Species	Main uses
7	Ingentimusa	Papua New Guinea	M. ingens	not known
10	Australimusa	Queensland, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines.	M. alinsanaya M. boman M. bukensis M. fitzalanii [extinct] M. insularimontana M. jackeyi M. johnsii M. lawitiensis M. lolodensis M. maclayi M. monticola M. muluensis M. peekelii M. textilis M. tuberculata	Fibre (M. textilis), fruit (fe'i bananas).
10	Callimusa	Indo-China to Indonesia (especially Borneo).	M. azizii M. barioensis M. bauensis M. beccarii M. borneënsis M. campestris M. coccinea M. exotica M. flavida M. gracilis M. hirta M. lokok M. paracoccinea M. pigmaea M. sakaiana M. salaccensis M. splendida M. violascens M. voonii	Ornamental.
11	Eumusa (Musa) 1	India to Samoa.	M. acuminata M. banksii M. basjoo M. flaviflora M. griersonii M. itinerans M. ochracea M. schizocarpa M. siamea (?) M. thomsonii M. tonkinensis	Fruit, vegetable, wrapping, ornamental.
11	Eumusa (Musa) 2	India to Samoa.	M. balbisiana M. cheesmanii M. nagensium M. sikkimensis	Fruit, fibre, vegetable, wrapping, ornamental.
11	Rhodochlamys	India to Indo-China.	M. angcorensis M. aurantiaca M. laterita M. lutea M. mannii M. ornata M. rosea M. rubra M. sanguinea M. velutina M. viridis	Ornamental.