Musa x acutibracteata
Musa x acutibracteata M. Hotta Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 21: 4 (1964) & Journ. Jap. Exp. Bot. 42: 347 (1967).
Accepted name none - an unidentified cultivated banana
or
Musa x paradisiaca L., Species Plantarum : 1043 (1753).
Synonyms
Authorities
The World Checklist of Monocotyledons gives Musa x acutibracteata M.Hotta, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 21: 4 (1964) as a synonym of Musa x paradisiaca L., Sp. Pl.: 1043 (1753) which is given as an accepted name.
Section Distribution Polynesia, Tonga.
Description References Hotta 1964, Hotta 1967.
Comments Published as Musa acutibracteata the "x" is added to indicate its presumed hybridity. In this context Musa x paradisiaca is effectively the same as "an undetermined cultivated banana". This should not be read as implying that Musa acutaebracteata is Musa (AAB group) 'French' plantain, Cheesman's identification of Musa x paradisiaca L. (Cheesman 1948). last updated 30/04/2008