Musa aurantiaca

Musa aurantiaca G. Mann ex J. G Baker, Annals of Botany (Oxford) 7: 222 (1893) and M. Häkkinen, Folia Malaysiana 6: 49 - 72. (2005).
Musa aurantiaca G. Mann, Gardeners' Chronicle 15: 102 (1894).

Accepted name	Musa aurantiaca G. Mann ex J. G. Baker, Annals of Botany 7: 222 (1893) and M. Häkkinen, Folia Malaysiana 6: 49 - 72. (2005).
Synonyms
Authorities	Baker 1893 & Häkkinen 2005. The World Checklist of Monocotyledons lists Musa aurantiaca G. Mann ex J. G. Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 222 (1893) as an accepted name.
Section	Rhodochlamys.
Distribution	Forests of upper Assam.
Description	"Habit of M. sanguinea, but forming larger clumps of rather shorter stems. Panicle moderately dense, finally 8 - 9 in. long ; rachis glabrous ; bracts bright orange-yellow, glabrous ; lowest sterile, lanceolate, a foot long ; upper oblong-lanceolate, persistent, 3 - 4 in. long ; female flowers in 4 - 5 clusters of 2 - 4 each. Calyx yellow, above an inch long, 5-toothed at the tip ; petal linear, obtuse, as long as the calyx. Fruits green, glabrous. [ ] Differs from M. sanguinea by its orange-coloured bracts." (from Baker 1893).
References	Baker 1893 : 222, Champion 1967 : 39, Cheesman 1947b : 110, Griffiths 1994, Häkkinen 2005, Häkkinen 2007, Häkkinen & Sharrock 2001, Huxley 1992, Simmonds 1960 : 204, RHS 1956, WCM.
Comments	Image There is one external image of Musa aurantiaca in Häkkinen 2007.

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