Musa abaca

Musa abaca G. (G. G.) S. Perrottet, Mem. Soc. Linn. Par. 3: 130 (1825).

Accepted name none - species ignota.
Synonyms  
Authorities The authority for the name being rejected as species ignota is Cheesman 1949l.
Section  
Distribution Philippines
Description  
References Champion 1967 : 38, Cheesman 1949l : 271, Hotta 1989 : 74.
Comments Musa abaca is sometimes given as a synonym of Musa textilis L. Née but it was too poorly described by Samuel Perrottet for a positive identification to be made.   According to Cheesman it was "most probably either M. textilis, M. balbisiana or a hybrid [between the two] and whichever it was the binomial can have no nomenclatural significance".






 


last revision 23 April 2003