Musa banksii var. muelleriana

Musa banksii (F. J. H. von Mueller) var. muelleriana K. Domin, Bibl. Bot., 85, 1 (2): 253 (1914).

Accepted name Musa banksii F. J. H. von Mueller, Fragmenta phytographicæ, 4: 132 (1863 - 4).

or

Musa acuminata L. A. Colla subsp. banksii (F. J. H. von Mueller) N. W. Simmonds, Kew Bulletin 11 (3): 463 (1956).
Synonyms Musa paradisiaca subsp. seminifera (J. de Loureiro) J. G. Baker of E. Christophersen, Flrg. Pls. of Samoa, B. P. Bishop Mus. Bull., 85, 1 (2) : 253 (1915).
Authorities There is debate as to the status of this taxon see Musa banksii). The authority for M. banksii as the accepted name is Argent 1976, Simmonds & Weatherup 1990 and WCM. The authority for Musa acuminata subsp. banksii as the accepted name is Shepherd 1990.

The synonym is from Simmonds 1956.

The World Checklist of Monocotyledons gives Musa banksii var. muelleriana Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 85: 253 (1915) as a synonym of Musa banksii F.Muell., Fragm. 4: 132 (1864) which is given as the accepted name.

Section Eumusa (Musa) 1
Distribution  
Description  
References APNI, Champion 1967 : 39, Christophersen 1935, Ross 1987, Simmonds 1956 : 463.  WCM.
Comments APNI gives the full citation as Domin, K. (1914) Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 536.  Type: "...welche F.v. MUELLER in Fragm. IX. 190 (1875) vom Daintree River erwähnt".

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