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Musa martretiana
Musa martretiana A. J. B. Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Acclim. Paris: 79 (1907) nomen,
and in Rev. Bot. Appl. 14: 507 (1934)
| Accepted name |
none
- nomen nudum but probably Ensete gilletii. |
| Synonyms |
Ensete gilletii (E. A. J.
De Wildeman) E. E. Cheesman |
| Authorities |
That there is no accepted name is from Baker & Simmonds
1953 as corrected (please follow link below).
The synonym is from the GRIN database but is invalid, see comments. |
| Section |
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| Distribution |
Mali, French Guinea (Guinea-Conakry). |
| Description |
Plant 1.5 - 2 m. tall, leaves glaucous, inflorescence
drooping.
Chevalier 1934. |
| References |
Baker &
Simmonds 1953 : 409, Champion 1967 : 41, Cheesman 1947 : 103, Chevalier
1934 : 507, GRIN, Hepper 1968 :
69, Hutchinson & Dalziel 1936 :
328, Lebrun & Stork 1995 : 34. |
| Comments |
As the result of a mistake by Hutchinson and Dalziel 1936 the
story of Musa martretiana is a somewhat confusing one. Cheesman 1947 citing Hutchinson & Dalziel 1936 gives Musa
martretiana as a synonym of Musa schweinfurthii K. M. Schumann & O.
Warburg ex K. M. Schumann (sometimes abbreviated to Musa schweinfurthii K.
M. Schumann) from which he created a new combination, Ensete schweinfurthii (K.
M. Schumann & O. Warburg) E. E. Cheesman. Baker and Simmonds 1953 (corrected
1954) then reduced Ensete schweinfurthii to a synonym of Ensete ventricosum
which might appear to bring Musa martretiana into synonymy with Ensete
ventricosum were it not for the fact that at the same time Baker & Simmonds
rejected the name Musa martretiana as being nomen nudum. However,
the Musa schweinfurthii of Hutchinson & Dalziel 1936 is not the same thing as
Musa schweinfurthii K. M. Schumann. Musa schweinfurthii of
Hutchinson & Dalziel 1936 was reduced to a synonym of Ensete gilletii by
Hepper 1968 who at the same time accepted Baker and Simmonds' rejection of Musa
martretiana as being nomen nudum.
Thus by association with Musa schweinfurthii, a very
confusing entity, Musa martretiana came to be associated with Ensete
ventricosum on the one hand and with Ensete gilletii on the
other.
Champion
1967 gives Musa martretiana as a "valid" synonym of Ensete gilletii
citing Baker & Simmonds (actually he cites Simmonds (K. B., no. 3, 1953)) and the GRIN
database does the same citing Hepper 1968 (actually they cite R. W. J. Keay & F. N.
Hepper. 1953 - 1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2). As explained above,
neither of these authorities is correct in this matter.
Type: Aug. Chevalier no. MAT (Pl. d'Afr. Occ.) in Herb. Mus. Paris. See also
Chevalier nos. 13273 and 13306 in Herb. Mus. Paris. |
Compiled
partly with information from Gerda Rossel.
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