Musa truncata

Musa truncata
H. N. Ridley, J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 4 : 80 (1909).

Accepted name Musa acuminata subsp. truncata (H. N. Ridley) A. N. Other
Synonyms  
Authorities Jones 2000 although I do not yet know the original authority for this combination.
Section Eumusa
Distribution Peninsular Malaysia.
Description  
References Cheesman 1948b : 22, 26-27, Hotta 1989, Jones 2000 : 10 (Fig. 1.2) Polunin 1988, Simmonds 1956 : 467.
Comments Hotta gives the correct name of this as Musa acuminata subsp. malaccensis but although subsp. truncata exists so to speak as an island in a sea of subsp. malaccensis it is now accepted as a distinct highland form.  Simmonds reduced M. truncata under Musa acuminata subsp. microcarpa but that name is now applied only to a distinct population of plants from West Malaysia (Borneo).




 


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