Musa japonica

Musa japonica

Musa japonica C. Thiébaut & J. B. Keteleer Rev. Hortic. 60 : 491 (1888).
Musa japonica Hortus Veitchii : 275 (1906).

Accepted name	Musa basjoo P. F. (B.) von Siebold & J. G. Zuccarini ex Y. Iinuma, Sintei Somoku dzusetsu [The Illustrated Flora of Japan] ed. 2, 3: pl. 1 (1874).
Synonyms	Musa martinii (but not valid).
Authorities	The accepted name from Argent 1984 and Huxley 1992. The synonym, which is not a valid one (see discussion at Musa martinii) is from RHS 1956.
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References	Argent 1984, Cheesman 1948e, Griffiths 1994, Huxley 1992, RHS 1956.
Comments	C. Thiébaut’s name is misprinted Thibaut in Argent. The author 'Keteleer' is not included in Brummit & Powell 1992 nor picked up by the Authors search engine at Mobot. He is J. B. Keteleer the French nurseryman after whom the conifer genus Keteleeria was named by É. A. Carrière.

last revision 23 April 2003