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Musa maurelii
Musa maurelii Hort. ex H. E. Moore, Baileya 5 (1): 167-194, (1957).
| 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). 'Maurelii' (M. D. Bois, Bulletin du Muséum National
d'Histoire Naturelle ser. 2. 2: 688 (1930).) Hort. |
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The
accepted name is inferred from Bois 1930, see comments at Ensete ventricosum 'Maurelii'. |
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| References |
Bois 1930, Moore 1957 : 188. |
| Comments |
According
to Moore 1957, "young plants of a handsome banana with
leaves red below, deep green suffused with red above, especially along the margins, are
currently offered for sale by the California Jungle Gardens under the name Musa
maurelii." Moore was correct in ascribing this plant to the genus Ensete,
correct in ascribing the origin of the name "maurelii" to Bois but incorrect in further ascribing the binomial "Musa
maurelii" to him. Harold Moore comments that the name Musa maurelii has
no proper botanical standing. The same can be said for Ensete maurelii
under which name this plant is currently sold in the USA by Stokes Tropicals and listed as
such in Waddick & Stokes. |
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