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Musa corniculata
There are three forms of the name Musa corniculata in the literature listed in
order of date of publication.
Musa
corniculata G. E. Rumphius
Musa corniculata J.
de Loureiro
Musa corniculata W. S.
Kurz
Musa corniculata G. E. Rumphius, Herb.
Amboinense 5: 130 (1747).
| Accepted name |
? Musa (AAB group) 'Horn' plantain |
| Synonyms |
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| Authorities |
Uphof 1968 |
| Section |
Eumusa |
| Distribution |
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| Description |
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| References |
Champion 1967, Uphof 1968. |
| Comments |
Musa corniculata G. E. Rumphius is a pre-Linnean name
and according to Uphof the plant originates on Réunion. |
Musa corniculata J. de Loureiro, Flora
Cochinchensis: 791 (1793).
| Accepted name |
Musa (AAB group) 'Horn' plantain |
| Synonyms |
Musa acuminata L. A. Colla |
| Authorities |
The accepted name is from Stover & Simmonds 1987.
The synonymy is from Hotta 1989 but see comments below. |
| Section |
Eumusa |
| Distribution |
Malay
islands and Cochin China. |
| Description |
Trunk
10 - 12 ft. long. Leaves 5 - 6 ft. long. Inflorescence drooping; only the
lower two or three bracts and flower-clusters are developed. Free petal nearly as
long as the deeply toothed perianth. Fruit cylindrical, a foot or more long, 1½ -
2½ in. in diameter, golden yellow; skin thick; pulp reddish white, firm, dry, sweet, very
palatable when cooked. (Fawcett
1913). |
| References |
Champion 1967, Fawcett 1913 : 265, Hotta 1989,
Stover & Simmonds 1987. |
| Comments |
The
fruit has been compared to a cucumber as regards shape and size. The Lubang variety
produces only a single fruit, large enough for a full meal for three men (Fawcett).
Musa corniculata J. de Loureiro is a Linnean binomial applied to the 'Horn'
plantain according to Champion and Stover & Simmonds. If so, the accepted name
for this plant is Musa (AAB group) 'Horn' plantain following Simmonds and
Shepherds' nomenclature system. However, Hotta gives Musa acuminata
as a synonym for Musa corniculata J. de Loureiro. If Stover and Simmonds are
correct then Hotta is wrong and vice versa. I suspect Stover & Simmonds
are correct. |
Musa corniculata W. S. Kurz, Journal of the
agricultural and horticutural Society of India Part 1. 5 (3): 5 (1877).
| Accepted name |
err.
cal. Mobot, Champion |
| Synonyms |
Musa acuminata L. A. Colla |
| Authorities |
Mobot Tropicos. |
| Section |
Eumusa |
| Distribution |
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| Description |
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| References |
Champion 1967 : 39, Kurz 1877
: 161,163, 165 & 166, Mobot Tropicos. |
| Comments |
The
combination Musa corniculata W. S. Kurz
cited by Mobot is not correct. Sulpiz Kurz mentions Musa corniculata a
number of times in his 1877 paper (not 1878 as given by Mobot) but these are clearly
either sensu Rumphius or sensu Loureiro and not a new entity. The Musa
acuminata synonymy given by Mobot clearly derives from p. 166 of Sulpiz Kurz's paper
in which he states "Musa corniculata, Rumph., not of
Loureiro [ ] is hardly more than a monstrous variety of Musa
acuminata..."
I have not yet seen Kurz's 1867 paper cited (I think) by Champion but it may be that this
does contain something that might be considered to be Musa corniculata W. S. Kurz. If it does
this is surely at worst just an error of ommission by Kurz (of Rumphius or Loureiro)
and not a claim to a new combination otherwise it would surely be explicit in his 1878
paper. |
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