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description agrees with Rumphius' drawing of the type of Musa troglodytarum L.
according to Stover & Simmonds 1987. In that case its synonym is Musa
uranoscopos Rumph. Stover & Simmonds 1987 point out that Musa
troglodytarum was applied to a group of cultivated clones grown for fruit in East
Indonesia. The clones probably originated by hybridisation of a range of species
possibly including Musa maclayi, Musa jackeyi, Musa angustigemma, Musa peekelii and
possibly others as yet undescribed.
Stover & Simmonds 1987 caution that the Fe'i bananas are
so poorly understood that the application of Latin binomials to them is
"unwise". |