Musa angcorensis

Musa angcorensis

Musa angcorensis F. Gagnepain, Bulletin de la Societé Botanique de France 54 (4) : 412-413 (1907).

Accepted name	Musa rosea J. G. Baker, Ann. Bot. 7: 221 (1893).
Synonyms
Authorities	Häkkinen 2006. The World Checklist of Monocotyledons lists Musa angcorensis Gagnep., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 412 (1907) as a synonym of Musa rosea Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 221 (1893) which is given as an accepted name.
Section	Callimusa or Rhodochlamys
Distribution	Indochina (Cambodia, Angkor, dans les forets et la ville)
Description	"Herba robusta, subbimetralis. Rhizoma globoso-depressum. Folia 6 - 8 [ ] lanceolato-acuta, utrinque attenuata et gabra, mox secus nervos medios lacerata, vaginae longae caulem robustum efformantes ; petiolus validus, canaliculatus, glaber. Inflorescentia terminalis, erecta ; spica pedunculata, folia haud superans, pedunculo, pubescente, crassitudinem digiti aequans ; bracteis spiraliter dispositis, erectis, convavis, sessilibus, dein caducis, rubro-pallescentibus, glaberrimis ; floribus femineis ad basin, masculis ad apicem dispositis, circa 3 sub unaquaque bractea. Perianthii partes 2, vallde inaequales, quarun major concava, glabra, truncato-dentata, dentibus 4, triangularibus obtusis, minor ovata, concava, apice rotundata, altero 4-plo brevior. Stamina 5, perianthium aequantia, in floribus fernineis, minuta, abortiva ; filamentum tiliforme ; anthera anguste lineari-lanceolata, apice acuminata, obtusa ; loculi paralleli discreti, connectivo tenui. Ovarium glabrum, trigonum, basi et apice angustatum, subcylindricum, 3-loculare ; ovula, numerosa, biserialia, placentatio centralis ; stylus filiformis, perfecte in floribus masculis obsoletus ; stigma clavatum, glabrum, ore minuto. Herba 1 - 1.50 m. alta. Caulis 50 - 60 cm. altus. Folia 40 - 60 cm. longa, usque ad 20 cm. lata ; petiolus 20 - 30 cm. longus. Spica 20 - 30 cm. longa. Pars perianthii major 4 cm., minor 11 cm. longa. Staminis loculi 14 mm. longi. Stylus 4 cm. longus. Ovarium 10 mm. longum, mox accrescens". (Gagnepain 1907 - but with possible errors in the scanned Latin text - original not seen). Plant 4 - 5 ft. high. Leaves narrowed to both ends, 1½ - 2 ft. long. Inflorescence erect, stalk pubescent. Bracts pale red, each enclosing about three flowers. Perianth four-toothed, 1½ in. long : free petal oval, obtuse, one fourth as long as the perianth. (Fawcett 1913).
References	Champion 1967 : 38, Cheesman 1947b : 112-113, Chevalier 1934, Fawcett 1913 : 271, Häkkinen 2006, Häkkinen 2007, Index Kewensis, Simmonds 1960 : 204, Valmayor et al 2005, WCM.
Comments	Abstract from Häkkinen 2006. Since the 19th century, the taxonomic identity of Musa rosea Baker has been uncertain to most botanists. Review of the history and descriptions of M. rosea based on the work of different scientists from 1893 to the present was done to establish its true identity. Musa angcorenis Gagnepain has been even more obscure since the early 20th century. The aim of this study was to clarify the taxonomic history, identity, and the synonymy of M. angcorensis and M. rosea, with M. angcorensis determined to be a synonym of M. rosea. A lectotype of M. rosea is designated here, and M. angcorensis is synonymized to M. rosea. Type: Thorel no. 2082 in Herb. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris.