Musa textilis var. amboinensis

Musa textilis var. amboinensis (Miq.) Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 211 (1893).

Accepted name	Musa textilis L. Née, Anales Ciencias Naturales 4: 123 (1801) and E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 4 (3): 267 - 272 (1949).
Synonyms
Authorities	The World Checklist of Monocotyledons lists Musa textilis var. amboinensis (Miq.) Baker, Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 211 (1893) as a synonym of Musa textilis Née, Anales Ci. Nat. 4: 123 (1801) which is listed as an accepted name.
Section	Australimusa
Distribution	Philippines.
Description
References	Baker 1893 : 211.
Comments	Baker used Musa textilis var. amboinensis as the name for cultivated forms of abacá as opposed to the the wild type Musa textilis [var. textilis].

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