Musa x cinerea

Musa x cinerea Hort. ex Gentil., Pl. Cult. Serres Bot. Brux. 125 (1907).

Accepted name	none - an undetermined cultivated banana or Musa x paradisiaca L., Species Plantarum : 1043 (1753).
Synonyms	Musa x sapientum L.
Authorities	The synonym is from Index Kewensis.
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Distribution
Description
References	Index Kewensis, IPNI
Comments	Published as Musa cinerea 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 x cinerea is Musa (AAB group) 'French' plantain, Cheesman's identification of Musa x paradisiaca L. (Cheesman 1948).

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