| Accepted name |
Musa acuminata L. A. Colla subsp. truncata
(H. N. Ridley) A. N. Other |
| Synonyms |
Musa truncata H. N. Ridley |
| Authorities |
The
accepted name is from Jarret 1987 and Jones 2000 but I do not know the author(s). |
| Section |
Eumusa |
| Distribution |
Very limited in Peninsular Malaysia |
| Description |
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| References |
Jarret 1987, Jones 2000 : 10
(Fig. 1.2), Novak 1992 (misprinted M. a. tranceta),
Simmonds 1956 : 467. |
| Comments |
Simmonds reduced M. truncata under Musa
acuminata subsp. microcarpa but that name is now applied only to a distinct
population of plants from West Malaysia (Borneo). Hotta gives the correct
name of this as Musa acuminata subsp. malaccensis but although subsp. truncata
exists so to speak as an island in a sea of subsp. malaccensis it is now accepted
as a distinct highland form. |