Musa troglodytarum var. dolioformis

Musa troglodytarum L. var. dolioformis F. M. Blanco, Flora de Filipinas : 855 (1837).

Accepted name	Ensete glaucum (W. Roxburgh) E. E. Cheesman, Kew Bulletin 2 (2): 101 (1947).
Synonyms
Authorities	E. D. Merrill The World Checklist of Monocotyledons lists Musa troglodytarum var. dolioformis Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 855 (1837) as a synonym of Ensete glaucum (Roxb.) Cheesman, Kew Bull. 2: 101 (1947 publ. 1948) which is given as an accepted name.
Section
Distribution	Philippines.
Description
References	Merrill 1918, Valmayor et al 2002 : 4.
Comments	Epithet is dolioliformis in Valmayor et al 2002 : 4 According to Merrill's "Species Blancoanae" no. 537, 946 (in Herb. Mus. Paris) "there can be no doubt that this remarkable distinct form is the same as Musa glauca Roxb. There is a picture in Philip. Agr. Review 6 (1913), no. 9, t. 1. Illustrative specimens from Cavite Province, Luzon, known as 'virgen'". Flora de Filipinas : 855 (1837) [also ed. II : 174 (1845) & ed. III : 312 (1877).]

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