Musa domestica

Musa domestica G. E. Rumphius, Herb. Amboinense (1750).

Accepted name not determined, a cultivated banana.
Synonyms 1. Musa sativa G. E. Rumphius
2. Musa sapientum L
Authorities The synonyms are from:

1. Rumphius 1750.
2. Baker 1893.
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References Champion 1967 : 42
Comments Champion lists this as "M. sativa seu domestica" meaning "Musa sativa or Musa domestica".  Rumphius was a pre-Linnean author and lacking the dogmatism of his illustrious successor he was giving us a choice here, we could either call this plant Musa sativa OR we could call it Musa domestica, it was all the same to Rumphius.


 


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