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Musa speciosa
Musa speciosa M. Tenore, Ind. sem. Neap. 16
(1829).
| Accepted name |
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Musa ornata W. Roxburgh ? Musa rosacea
N. J. von Jacquin, Hort. Schoeb. 4: 22, t. 445 (1804) and Fragm. t. 132 fig. 4 (1808). |
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| Authorities |
Cheesman
1949h. |
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| Distribution |
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| Description |
Height
1 metre or a little more; leaves 1 m. long, 30 cm. wide; inflorescence erect; bracts
reddish-lilac, very persistent; fertile flowers few; fruit oval-oblong, 6 cm. long,
yellowish, not pulply; seeds black, rounded, depressed, muricate.
[from Cheesman citing Sagot] |
| References |
Baker 1893: 219, Champion 1967:
43, Cheesman 1949h, Index
Kewensis, Sagot 1887 : 330. |
| Comments |
Cheesman
notes that J. G. Baker gives as a synonym for M. ornata, M. speciosa
Tenore. In fact, Baker gives them both as synonyms for M. rosacea Jacq.
Cheesman says he did not check Bakers reasoning but notes that Sagot did not regard
the two as synonymous and seemed to have good reason for reaching this conclusion.
Index Kewensis gives Musa speciosa as a synonym of Musa rosacea which is
Musa ornata. |
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