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Musa africana
Musa africana Hort. Bull. Cat. 1871, 6.
| Accepted name |
Ensete ventricosum (F. M. J. Welwitsch) E. E.
Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 2 (2): 101 (1947) and R. E. D. Baker & N. W. Simmonds, Kew
Bulletin 8 (3): 405 (1953) with correction in Kew Bulletin 8 (4): 574 (1953). |
| Synonyms |
Musa ventricosa F. M. J. Welwitsch, Apont. no. 45: 545
& 587, (1859). |
| Authorities |
The
authorities for the accepted name are Cheesman 1947a and Baker & Simmonds 1953 as
corrected (please see link below). The
synonym is from Baker 1893. |
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| References |
Baker 1893 : 207, Baker & Simmonds 1953, Champion 1967 : 38, Cheesman
1947a, RHS 1956. |
| Comments |
The
RHS Dictionary (2nd edition, 1956) states that Musa africana is a "juvenile
form" of Musa ventricosa rather misinterpreting Baker's comment that "M. africana [ ] is probably [Musa
ventricosa] in a young state". |
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