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Musa acuminata microcarpa
Musa acuminata L. A. Colla subsp. microcarpa (O. Beccari) N. W.
Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 463 - 489 (1956).
| Accepted name |
Musa
acuminata L. A. Colla subsp. microcarpa (O. Beccari) N. W. Simmonds, Kew
Bulletin 11 (3): 463 - 489 (1956). |
| Synonyms |
Musa microcarpa O.
Beccari, Nelle Foreste di Borneo, 623 (1902); E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bull. 1948, 25.
Musa truncata H. N. Ridley, J. Fed. Malay States Mus.
4, 80 (1909); E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bull. 1948, 26.
Musa acuminata L. A. Colla, the Camerons form of N. W. Simmonds Malayan Nat. J.
10, 3 (1955) |
| Authorities |
The accepted name and synonymy is from Simmonds 1956. |
| Section |
Eumusa |
| Distribution |
Sabah & Sarawak. |
| Description |
This subspecies is characterized by the yellowish tinge and virtual
waxlessness of the foliage, by the intense chocolate brown pigmentation of sheaths and,
often, midribs, by the fading purple flush on the peduncle and male rachis, by the plump
non-imbricate male bud, by the bracts purple without and red within and but weakly rolled
at the time of falling and by its essentially montane distribution.
(Simmonds 1956.) |
| References |
Jarret 1987, Simmonds 1956, Stover 1972. |
| Comments |
The relationship between certain of the sub-species of Musa
acuminata is somewhat confusing.
A number of horticultural 'forms' of some of the
subspecies seem to be in cultivation. These tend to be given different names by
different nurseries or different literature e.g. 'Sumatrana', 'Zebrina', 'Rubra' and
'Rojo'. The names are used sometimes as if they were species names. This is
wrong. The names are used sometimes as if they were cultivar names. This
is also probably wrong in a formal sense because most are probably referable to one
subspecies or another. However, some plants may indeed be distinct selections worthy
of cultivar status. Unless and until someone collects all the cultivated 'forms'
together in one place and evaluates them side-by-side it is likely not to be possible to
determine their true individual status. |
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