Musa simiarum
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 G. E. Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense 5: 125 et t. 61 fig. 1 (1750.).
Accepted name Musa acuminata L. A. Colla, Memoria della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 25 : 384 (1820). [Memoria sul genere Musa e monografia del Medesimo 66 (1820).] and E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 3 (1): 22 (1948). Synonyms Authorities The accepted name is according to Cheesman 1948b. Section Eumusa (Musa) 1 Distribution India. Description References Cheesman 1948b : 12 & 19, 20, 22, Kurz 1877 : 139, Mobot Tropicos, Sagot 1887 : 329. Comments Rumphius is a pre-Linnean author who gave the first detailed description of bananas in volume 5 of Herbarium Amboinense (1747) pages 125 - 140 which is available online at Botanicus at http://www.botanicus.org/page/244763 to http://www.botanicus.org/page/244780. The section on bananas is divided into 7 headings.
Heading 1. A history and general description of bananas.
Heading 2. Rumphius categorises the bananas of Ambon into three main types to which he gives Latinised names viz:
1. cultivated or domesticated bananas, Musa sativa or domestica or hortensis
2. a semi-wild (or semi-domesticated) seedy banana, Musa alphurica
3. two wild bananas, Musa silvestris, of which one is seedless.Under the general heading Musa domestica (domesticated bananas) he lists 16 types most of which he identifies only by a local name but three of which are given Latin names:
no. 1 Musa corniculata or Pissang Tando, Pissang Carbou, Pissang Ocky Ocky
no. 2 Pissang Gabba Gabba
no. 3 Pissang Crobo or Cro (further subdivided)
no. 4 Pissang Djernang
no. 5 Pissang Culit Tabal, Pissang Baratsjo
no. 6 Musa mensaria or Pissang Medji
no. 7 Musa regia or Pissang Radja
no. 8 Pissang Mera, Pissang Cutsjupau
no. 9 Pissang Salpicado
no. 10 Pissang Swangi
no. 11 Pissang Batu, Pissang Bidji
no. 12 Pissang Abu, Pissang Soldado, Pissang Alphuru
no. 13 Pissang Bombor
no. 14 Pissang Canaya Puti
no. 15 Pissang Canaya Kitsjil
no. 16 Pissang BulangIt seems to me that Rumphius did not mean Musa domestica to define a single species but a category of bananas.
Heading 3. The horticulture of bananas.
Heading 4. A treatment of Musa uranoscopos, a domesticated type treated separately apparently on account of its upright inflorescence and rarity.
Heading 5. The semi-wild (or semi-domesticated), seedy Musa alphurica or ceramica or Pissang alphuru.
Heading 6. A wild banana Musa simiarum or Pissang Jacki (the Monkey banana) of which there are two types, small and large.
Heading 7. The wild bananas proper, Musa silvestris or Pissang Utan.Musa simiarum W. S. Kurz, J. Agric. Hort. Soc. Ind. 14: 297. (1866).
Accepted name Musa acuminata L. A. Colla, Memoria della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 25 : 384 (1820). [Memoria sul genere Musa e monografia del Medesimo 66 (1820).] and E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 3 (1): 22 (1948). Synonyms Authorities The World Checklist of Monocotyledons lists Musa simiarum Kurz, J. Agric. Soc. India, n.s., 14: 297 (1867) as a synonym of Musa acuminata subsp. acuminata which is given as the accepted name.
Section Eumusa (Musa) 1 Distribution Description References Comments Musa simiarum Kurz arises because Kurz is the first post-Linnean author to use Rumphius' name. last updated 02/05/2008