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Musa nana
Musa nana J. de Loureiro
Musa nana auct.non J. de
Loureiro
Musa nana J. de Loureiro
| Accepted name |
Musa
(AAA group) 'Dwarf Cavendish'. |
| Synonyms |
1. Musa acuminata L. A. Colla
2. Musa cavendishii J. Paxton
3. Musa cavendishii A. B. Lambert ex J. Paxton
4. Musa sinensis P. A. Sagot |
| Authorities |
The accepted name is from Stover &
Simmonds.
References for the synonymy are: 1 GRIN; 2 Burkill; 3 & 4 Mobot. |
| Section |
Eumusa |
| Distribution |
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| Description |
Trunk
5 ft. long. Leaves 3 ft. long. Inflorescence short, recurved. Flowers
all fertile. Fruit ovate-oblong, seedless edible. |
| References |
Backer & Backhuizen 1968, Burkill 1935, Fawcett 1913
: 265, Graf Exotica, GRIN, Icon. Corm. Sinicorum, Mobot
Tropicos, Stover & Simmonds
1987, Riffle 1998. |
| Comments |
My understanding from Stover & Simmonds is that M.
nana Lour. is M. (AAA group) 'Dwarf Cavendish' but a different clone to that
named M. cavendishii and M. sinensis. At Mobot, this fine
distinction seems not to be made in which case M. nana takes precedence over M.
cavendishii and M. sinensis because Joćo de Loureiro published the name in
1790 well before the other names were given. Difficulties in resolving such issues are
avoided by adopting the genome nomenclature system of Shepherd & Simmonds.
See Musa cavendishii for further discussion. |
Musa nana auct.non J. de
Loureiro
| Accepted name |
Musa (AAA group) 'Dwarf Cavendish' |
| Synonyms |
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| Section |
Eumusa |
| Distribution |
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| Description |
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| References |
Griffiths 1994, Huxley 1992. |
| Comments |
Huxley 1992 and Griffiths 1994 refer this plant along with M.
cavendishii Lamb. ex Paxt. and M. chinensis Sweet to M. acuminata
Colla. I think that Musa
nana auct.non J. de Loureiro is a degraded form of the name applied
carelessly by various authors. In context, I think that referring M.
cavendishii Lamb. ex Paxt. to M. acuminata Colla is wrong so I am doubtful
of the validity of the other references. |
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