Musa textilis var. tashiroi

Musa textilis var. tashiroi B. Hayata, Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (Icon. Pl. Formosan.) 3 : 194 (1913).

Accepted name Musa insularimontana B. Hayata, Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. (Icon. Pl. Formosan.) 3 : 194 (1913).
Synonyms  
Authorities Ying 2002

The World Checklist of Monocotyledons lists Musa insularimontana Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 194 (1913) as the accepted name and Musa textilis var. tashisor Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 195 (1913) as a synonym.

Section Australimusa
Distribution Taiwan.
Description  
References Hayata 1913, Mobot Tropicos, Ying 2002.
Comments The variety name of Musa textilis var. tashisor is misspelled at WCM, probably following the transliteration by Hseih et al in the Index for Scientific Names of the Flora of Taiwan which is at http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/fot/V6/V6INDEXen.pdf.  It should be var. tashiroi as indicated by Hayata.

Although poorly known, Musa insularimontana is obviously very close to Musa textilis L. Née and is perhaps vulnerable to reduction.

Hayata's Icones plantarum formosanarum Volume 3 is at http://ia341227.us.archive.org/3/items/iconesplantarumf03haya/iconesplantarumf03haya.pdf

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