Musa acuminata var. flava
Musa acuminata L. A. Colla var. flava (H. N. Ridley) R. E. Nasution, Memoirs of Tokyo University of Agriculture. 32: 1 - 122 (1991). not seen
| Accepted name | Musa acuminata subsp. malaccensis (H. N. Ridley) N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 463 - 489. (1956). |
| Synonyms | Musa flava H. N. Ridley, Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2. 3: 385 (1893). |
| Authorities | Simmonds 1956 but see comments below. |
| Section | Eumusa (Musa) 1 |
| Distribution | |
| Description | |
| References | Nasution 1991 (not seen), Pollefys et al 2004, Simmonds 1956 : 466. |
| Comments | I have not seen Nasution (1991) but I am assuming that his var. flava is derived from Ridley's M. flava which according
to Simmonds is merely a yellow-bracted mutant of M. acuminata subsp. malaccensis. However,
Pollefys et al 2004 confusingly state that Nasution's M. acuminata var. flava is the "same as" his M. acuminata var. microcarpa.
From Pollefys et al
2004 I am similarly unsure whether Nasution treats this as a subspecies or varietas. see Musa flava. |
last updated 21/04/2008