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Musa schweinfurthii
Musa schweinfurthii K. M. Schumann & O. Warburg ex
K. M. Schumann, In: A. Engler et al (eds.) Das Pflanzenreich. Engelmann, Leipzig,
1900
- . 4, 45 : 14. (1912).
(sometimes abbreviated to Musa schweinfurthii K. M. Schumann).
Musa
schweinfurthii sensu Hutchinson & Dalziel, Flora of West Tropical Africa
ed. 1., 2 (2): 328 (1936).
Musa
schweinfurthii K. M. Schumann & O. Warburg ex K. M. Schumann, In:
A.
Engler et al (eds.) Das Pflanzenreich. Engelmann, Leipzig, 1900 - . 4, 45 :
14. (1912).
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). |
Synonyms |
1. Ensete
schweinfurthii (K. M. Schumann & O. Warburg) E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 2
(2): 103 (1947) 2.
Musa chevalieri F. Gagnepain, Bull. Soc. Bot.
France 55 Mem. 8: 87 (1908) and A. J. B. Chevalier, Novitates Florae Africanae in
Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France 8: 31 - 109 (1908).
3. Musa martretiana A.
J. B. Chevalier, Bull. Soc. Acclim. Paris: 79 (1907) nomen, and in Rev. Bot.
Appl. 14: 507 (1934) but not M. martreti A. J. B. Chevalier ex
Tribune Hortic. 3: 38 (1908) nomen nudum and likely err. typ. for M.
martretiana.
4. Musa riperti A. J. B.
Chevalier, Expl. Bot. Afr. Occ. Franç. 1: 632 (1920). |
Authorities |
The source for the accepted name is Baker and Simmonds 1953
as corrected (follow link below).
The sources of the synonyms are as follows:1.
is from Cheesman 1947a.
2. is from Cheesman 1947a ex Hutchinson & Dalziel 1936 but this is a mistake (see
below).
3. & 4. are from Cheesman 1947a ex Hutchinson & Dalziel 1936 but Baker &
Simmonds 1953: 409 reject these taxa as nomen nudum. |
Section |
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Distribution |
"Niam-Niam,
central Africa" = South-east Sudan. |
Description |
Trunk
not very inflated at base. Leaves 7 to 8 ft. long, 15 in. broad. Inflorescence
drooping. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, about 1 ft. long by 3½ in. broad, subtending 10
- 12 flowers. Perianth to 2 in. long, entire, not cuspidate ; free petal
entire. Seeds small, somewhat globular. (Schumann
1912, Fawcett 1913). |
References |
Baker & Simmonds 1953 : 405, Cheesman 1947 : 103, De
Wildeman 1903 : 83, De Wildeman 1912 : 354, Fawcett 1913 : 276, Hepper 1968
: 69, Hutchinson & Dalziel 1936
: 328, Lock 1993 : 5, Mobot Tropicos,
Schumann 1912 : 14, Simmonds
1960 : 210. |
Comments |
This was one of a number of African Musa
transferrred to Ensete by Cheesman in his 1947 paper reviving the genus Ensete.
It was later reduced to a synonym of Ensete ventricosum by Baker & Simmonds
1953 as corrected (please see link above). It is now recognised that there are no
wild Musa native to Africa, only Ensete. The
synonymy of this plant is a little complicated. The original description of Musa
schweinfurthii by Schumann was rather poor but according to Baker & Simmonds 1953
"the large leaf in Herb. Kew strongly suggests [E.
ventricosum]." This is not exactly a ringing endorsement of the
identity of the plant but for the time being it is taken as adequate. The species
was confused with Musa gilletii De Wildeman by Hutchinson and Dalziel who were
apparently misled by comments of Chevalier. This led to Musa chevalieri wrongly
being brought into synonymy. Hutchinson and Dalziel also listed Musa martretiana
and Musa riperti as synonyms of the type but these names were later rejected as nomen
nudum by Baker & Simmonds.
Isotype:
Schweinf. ser. II, no. 130, Reise nach Central-Africa im Auftrage der Humboldt-Stiftung in
Herb. Mus. Paris. |
Isotype
information from Gerda Rossel.
Musa
schweinfurthii sensu Hutchinson & Dalziel, Flora of West Tropical Africa
ed. 1., 2 (2): 328 (1936).
Accepted name |
Ensete gilletii (E. A. J.
De Wildeman) E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 2 (2): 103 (1947). |
Synonyms |
Musa gilletii E. A. J. De Wildeman in Rev. Cult. Colon.
(Paris) 8, 71 (1901): 102, and in Not. Pl. Ut. Inter. Fl. Congo 1 (1903): 73 seq. and t. 5
& 6.
Musa chevalieri F. Gagnepain, Bull. Soc. Bot.
France 55, 58, Mem. 8: 87 (1908), and A. J. B. Chevalier, Novitates Florae Africanae in
Mémoires de la Société Botanique de France 8: 31 - 109 (1908). |
Authorities |
The authorities for the accepted name are Baker &
Simmonds 1953 and Hepper 1968. The synonyms are from Hepper 1968. |
Section |
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Distribution |
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Description |
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References |
Baker & Simmonds 1953 : 407, Cheesman 1947 : 103, Hepper
1968 : 69, Hutchinson & Dalziel
1936 : 328, Lock 1993, Mobot
Tropicos. |
Comments |
Musa
schweinfurthii was confused with Musa gilletii De Wildeman by Hutchinson
and Dalziel who were apparently misled by comments of Chevalier. This also led to Musa
chevalieri wrongly being brought into synonymy. |
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