Musa brachycarpa
Musa brachycarpa C. A. Backer, Handboek voer de Flora van Java 3: 135 (1924).
Accepted name Musa balbisiana L. A. Colla, Memoria della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 25 : 384 (1820). [Memoria sul genera Musa e monografia del Medesimo 56 (1820).] and E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 3 (1): 14 (1948). Synonyms Authorities Cheesman 1948a, Backer & Bakhuizen 1968 : 38 The World Checklist of Monocotyledons gives Musa brachycarpa Backer, Handb. Fl. Java 3: 135 (1924) as a synonym of Musa balbisiana var. balbisiana which is given as the accepted name.
Section Eumusa (Musa) 2 Distribution Java Description References Backer & Bakhuizen 1968 : 38, Champion 1967 : 39, Cheesman 1948a, Index Kewensis, National Botanical Gardens of Belgium. Comments M. balbisiana var. brachycarpa mentioned in F. J. Chittenden & H. Comber. Banana Fibre from Jamaica. Bulletin of the Imperial Institute XLVI : 218 - 223. (1948) is presumably based on this. last updated 29/04/2008