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Ver. 15.1
March 8th, 2023

148.0000 Family Musaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 61 (1789), nom. cons.
3 genera, ca. 100 spp. Old World tropics. Phylogeny: Liu et al. 2010
Species listed in database: 103; hybrids: 4
= Musoideae K.Schum.; Pflanzenr. (Engler) 1: 13 (1900)
148.0003 Genus Musa L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 1043 (1753)
Distribution: Tropical Asia, tropical Australia, W-Pacific
Species listed in database: 94; hybrids: 4
= Karkandela Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 106 (1838)
species :
Musa acuminata Colla; Mem. Gen. Musa 66 (1820)
subspecies :
subsp. acuminata
Name: Edible banana (EN); Banane (DE); Platanera (ES)
Distribution: China (Guangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong [I], Fujian [I]); India (Assam); Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Java; Moluccas (Ambon); Myanmar; Philippines [I]; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali); Andaman Isl. (North Andamans, Middle Andamans, South Andamans, Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobars, Central Nicobars, Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Azores [c]; Spain [c]; Sicily [c]; Canary Isl. [c]; Turkey [c]; Pemba Isl.; Galapagos [c]; Jamaica [c]; Nicaragua [c]; Cuba [c]; Ecuador [c]; Costa Rica [c]; Mexico [c]; Colombia [c]; Bolivia [c]; Guatemala [c]; Honduras [c]; Fiji [c]; Marshall Isl. [c] (Ujae [c], Lae [c], Kwajalein [c], Ailuk [c], Maloelap [c], Aur [c], Ailinglapalap [c], Majuro [c], Arno [c], Kili [c], Jaluit [c]); Fed. States of Micronesia [c] (Kapingamarangi [c]); Guam [c]; Cook Isl. [c] (widespread); Tuamotu Arch. [c] (Makatea Isl. [c]); Chagos Arch. [c] (Diego Garcia [c]); Gilbert Isl. [c]; Fed. States of Micronesia [c] (Yap [c], Eauripik [c], Lamotrek [c], Satawal [c], Puluwat [c], Truk [c], Nama [c], Namoluk [c], Etal [c], Lukunor [c], Satawan [c], Nukuoro [c], Kapingamarangi [c], Pohnpei [c], Mokil [c], Pingelap [c], Kosrae [c]); Nauru [c]; Northern Marianas [c] (Asuncion [c], Agrihan [c], Pagan [c], Alamagan [c], Anatahan [c]); Palau [c] (Babeldaob [c], Pulu Anna [c], Merir [c]); Northern Marianas [c] ; [Western] Samoa [c] (Savaii [c]); Mauritius [c]; La Réunion [c]; USA [c] (Florida [c]); Trinidad & Tobago [c]; Principe Isl. [c]; São Tomé [c]; Equatorial Guinea [c]; St. Helena [c]
12 spa 13 sic 21 azo cny 23 eqg pri sao 25 TAN 28 sth 29 cgs mau reu 34 tur 36 CHI 40 IND PAK SRL 41 AND LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY MOL NWG phi SUM 60 fij gil nru sam 61 coo tua 62 gum mic mrn mrs plu 78 usa 79 mex 80 cos gua hon nic 81 cub jam trt 82 clm 83 bol ecu gal
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa acuminata subsp. rubrobracteata M.Hotta; Occas. Pap. Kagoshima Univ. Res. Center S. Pacific 16: 67 (1989)
= Musa acuminata var. burmannicoides De Langhe; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 30: 377 (1960)
= Musa acuminata var. violacea Kurz; J. Agric. Soc. India 14: 297 (1867)
= Musa cerifera (Backer) Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 9 (1948)
= Musa corniculata (Rumph.) Kurz; J. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. N. S. 5: 166 (1878)
= Musa elata Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 9 (1948)
= Musa javanica Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 9 (1948)
= Musa rumphiana Kurz; J. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. N. S. 5: 164 (1878)
= Musa simiarum Kurz; J. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. N S. 14: 297 (1867)
= Musa sundaica Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 9 (1948)
= Musa zebrina f. cerifera Backer; Handb. Fl. Java 3: 137 (1924)
= Musa zebrina f. rutilipes Backer; Handb. Fl. Java 3: 137 (1924)
= Musa zebrina Van Houtte ex Planch.; Fl. des Serres, 10: 1854 (1855) 223. t. 1061
variant :
var. chinensis Häkkinen & H.Wang; Novon 17(4): 442 (2007)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
subspecies :
subsp. burmanica N.W.Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 11: 468 (1956 publ. 1957)
Distribution: Myanmar; Thailand
41 MYA THA
subspecies :
subsp. errans (Blanco) R.V.Valmayor; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 84: 328 (2001)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa troglodytarum var. errans Blanco; Fl. Filip.: 247 (1837)
= Musa errans (Blanco) N.G.Teodoro; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 390 (1915 publ. 1916)
= Musa errans var. botoan N.G.Teodoro; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 391 (1915)
subspecies :
subsp. malaccensis (Ridl.) N.W.Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 11: 466 (1956 publ. 1957)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Trengganu, Penang Isl., Pahan, Melaka)
42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa flava Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 3: 385 (1893)
= Musa malaccensis Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. 3: 385 (1893)
subspecies :
subsp. microcarpa (Becc.) N.W.Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 11: 467 (1956 publ. 1957)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Trengganu, Pahan, Selangor); Borneo
42 BOR MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa microcarpa Becc.; Nelle Foreste di Borneo, 623 (1902)
subspecies :
subsp. siamea N.W.Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 11: 466 (1956 publ. 1957)
Distribution: Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan)
41 THA VIE 42 MLY
subspecies :
subsp. truncata (Ridl.) Kiew; Ann. Bot. (U. K.) 88: 1025 (2001)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa truncata Ridl.; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 4: 80 (1909)
species :
Musa alinsanaya R.V.Valmayor; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 84: 327 (2001), nom. inval., et 87(1): 117 (2004), nom. inval.
Distribution: Philippines
42 PHI
Remarks: described from cultivation, probably a hybrid
species :
Musa angcorensis Gagnep.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 54: 412 (1907)
Distribution: Cambodia
41 CBD
species :
Musa arfakiana Argent; Gard. Bull. Singapore 61(2): 243 (2010)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Musa argentii Gogoi & Borah; Edinburgh J. Bot. 71(2): 182 (2014)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
species :
Musa arunachalensis A.Joe, Sreejith & M.Sabu; Phytotaxa 134(1): 50 (2013)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
species :
Musa aurantiaca G.Mann ex Baker; Ann. Bot. 7: (1893) 222; et in Gard. Chron. (1894) 1: 102
Distribution: India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland)
40 IND
variant :
var. homenborgohainiana Gogoi; Nordic J. Bot. 32(6): 702 (2014)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
variant :
var. jengingensis Gogoi; Nordic J. Bot. 32(6): 702 (2014)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
species :
Musa azizii Häkkinen; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56(1): 29 (2005)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Musa balbisiana Colla; Mem. Gen. Musa 56 (1820)
Distribution: Nepal; India (Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, also cultivated throughout); Sri Lanka; Myanmar; Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Java; Bismarck Arch.; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Vietnam; Borneo [I]; tropical Africa [I]; Jamaica [I]; Bolivia [I]; Honduras [I]; [Western] Samoa [I] (Upolu [I], Savaii [I]); São Tomé [I]
23 sao 40 IND NEP SRL 41 MYA THA VIE 42 bor JAW MLY NWG 43 BIS 60 sam 80 hon 81 jam 83 bol
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa balbisiana var. elavazhai A.Joe, Sreejith & M.Sabu; Phytotaxa 175(2): 113 (2014)
= Musa balbisiana var. sepa-athiya Borborah, Borthakur & Tanti; Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. 23(1): 75 (2016)
= Musa paradisiaca subsp. sapientum (L.) K.Schum; Engl., Pflanzenr. 45: 20 (1900)
= Musa seminifera Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 644 (1790)
= Musa ×paradisiaca subsp. seminifera (Lour.) K.Schum.; Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 45: 21 (1900)
= Musa ×sapientum f. pruinosa King ex Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 214 (1893)
= Musa ×sapientum subsp. seminifera (Lour.) Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 213 (1893)
= Musa ×sapientum var. pruinosa (King ex Baker) Cowan; Trees N. Bengal: 135 (1929)
variant :
var. andamanica D.B.Singh, Sreek., T.V.R.S.Sharma & A.K.Bandyop.; Malayan Not. J., 52(3-4): 157 (1998)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.; India (Tripura)
40 IND 41 AND
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa paramjitiana L.J.Singh; Nordic J. Bot. 35(1): 77 (2016)
variant :
var. bakeri (Hook.f.) Häkkinen; Fruit Gard. 42(5): 27 (2010)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa bakeri Hook. f. [Bot.Mag.124: t.7627 (1898)]
variant :
var. brachycarpa (Backer) Häkkinen; Adansonia 30(1): 70 (2008)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa brachycarpa Backer; Handb. Fl. Java 3: 135 (1924)
variant :
var. dechangensis (J.L.Liu & M.G.Liu) Häkkinen; Fruit Gard. 43(3): (2011)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa dechangensis J.L.Liu & M.G.Liu; Acta Bot. Yunnanica, 9(2): 163 (1987)
variant :
var. liukiuensis (Matsum.) Häkkinen; Adansonia 30(1): 91 (2008)
Distribution: Ryukyu Isl.
38 NNS
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa liukiuensis (Matsum.) Makino ex Kuroiwa; Bot. Mag. Tokyo, 14: 141 (1900)
= Musa ×sapientum var. liukiuensis Matsum. [Bot.Mag.(Tokyo) 26: 180 (1912)]
= Musa textilis var. liukiuensis (Matsum.) Matsum.; Mem. Fac. Sci. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 11(Bot. 4): 568 (1934)
species :
Musa banksii F.Muell.; Fragm. 4: 132 (1864)
Distribution: New Guinea; Samoa; Australia (NE-Queensland)
42 NWG 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa acuminata subsp. banksii (F.Muell.) N.W.Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 11: 463 (1956 publ. 1957)
= Musa banksiana Kurz; J. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. N. S. 5: 164 (1878)
= Musa banksii var. muelleriana Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 85: 253 (1915)
= Musa banksii var. samoensis Cheeseman; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 3: 157 (1948)
= Musa banksii var. singampatti T.G.Nayar; Indian J. Hort. 9: 14 (1952)
= Musa charlioi W.Hill; Rep. Brisbane Bot. Gard.: 7 (1874)
species :
Musa barioensis Häkkinen; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 57(1): 57 (2006)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Musa basjoo Siebold & Zucc.; Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 18 (1831)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Vietnam
36 CHI 38 nns 41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa basjoo var. lushanensis (J.L.Liu) Häkkinen; Fruit Gard. 43(3): (2011)
= Musa basjoo var. luteola (J.L.Liu) Häkkinen; Fruit Gard. 43(3): (2011)
= Musa japonica Hort.Veitch.; ex Rev. Hortic. lx (1888) 491
= Musa lushanensis J.L.Liu; Acta Bot. Yunnanica, 11(2): 171 (1989)
= Musa luteola J.L.Liu; Invest. Stud. Nat. 10: 41 (1990)
species :
Musa bauensis Häkkinen & Meekiong; Syst. Biodivers. 2(2): 170 (2005)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Musa beccarii Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 14: 200 (1960)
Distribution: N-Borneo
42 BOR
variant :
var. hottana Häkkinen; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56(2): 138 (2005)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah)
42 BOR
species :
Musa boman Argent; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, 35(1): 108 (1976)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Musa borneensis Becc.; Nelle Foreste di Borneo, 622 (1902)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
variant :
var. alutacea Häkkinen & Meekiong; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56(3): 220 (2005)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
variant :
var. donggalaensis Sulisty.; Reinwardtia 16(1): 21 (2017)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
variant :
var. flavida (M.Hotta) Häkkinen & Meekiong; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56(3): 218 (2005)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa flavida M.Hotta; J. Jap. Bot. 42: 348 (1967)
variant :
var. lutea Häkkinen & Meekiong; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56(3): 222 (2005)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah)
42 BOR
variant :
var. phoenicea Häkkinen & Meekiong; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56(3): 223 (2005)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
variant :
var. sarawakensis Häkkinen & Meekiong; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 56(3): 224 (2005)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Musa bukensis Argent; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, 35(1): 101 (1976)
Distribution: Solomon Isl. (Bougainville)
43 SOL
species :
Musa campestris Becc.; Nelle Foreste di Borneo, 622 (1902)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
variant :
var. lawasensis Häkkinen; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 86(4): 428 (2003)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
variant :
var. limbangensis Häkkinen; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 86(4): 430 (2003)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
variant :
var. miriensis Häkkinen; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 86(4): 431 (2003)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
variant :
var. sabahensis Häkkinen; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 86(4): 431 (2003)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah)
42 BOR
variant :
var. sarawakensis Häkkinen; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 86(4): 433 (2003)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Musa celebica Warb. ex K.Schum.; Engl. P. flanzenreich. Musac. 22 (1900)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Musa cheesmannii Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, 479 (1956 publ. 1957)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, West Bengal)
40 IND
species :
Musa chunii Häkkinen; J. Syst. Evol. 47(1): 87 (2009)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); India (Arunachal Pradesh)
36 CHI 40 IND
species :
Musa coccinea Andrews; Bot. Repos. 1: pl. 47 (1799)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan); Vietnam; Laos; Java [I]; Philippines [I]; Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Costa Rica [I]; Mexico [I]; Colombia [I]; Honduras [I]
36 CHI 41 LAO VIE 42 jaw phi 62 plu 79 mex 80 cos hon 82 clm
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa uranoscopos Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 645 (1790)
= Quesnelia lamarckii Baker; Handb. Bromel.: 85 (1889)
species :
Musa corneri Holttum; Folia Malaysiana 13(2): 25 (2012)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
42 MLY
species :
Musa cylindrica A.Joe, Sreejith & M.Sabu; Phytotaxa 172(2): 137 (2014)
Distribution: India (Meghalaya)
40 IND
species :
Musa discolor Horan.; Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 41 (1862)
Distribution: New Caledonia
60 NWC
species :
Musa dulcissima Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 13 (1948)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Musa exotica R.V.Valmayor; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 84: 326 (2001), nom. inval., et 87(1): 117 (2004)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Musa fitzalanii F.Muell.; Fragm. 9: 188 (1875)
Distribution: +Australia (+N-Queensland)
50 AUS
Conservation Status: Known only from the type collection
species :
Musa flaviflora Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 471 (1957)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal); Bhutan
40 BHU IND
species :
Musa gracilis Holttum apud Cheesman; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, 154 (1950)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Kelantan, Trengganu, Pahan, Melaka, Johor); Borneo; Thailand
41 THA 42 BOR MLY
species :
Musa griersonii Noltie; Edinburgh J. Bot., 51(2): 171 (1994)
Distribution: Bhutan
40 BHU
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa ×paradisiaca var. dubia King ex K.Schum.; Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 45: 21 (1900)
species :
Musa haekkinenii N.S.Lý & Haev.; Phytotaxa 75: 35 (2012)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Musa halabanensis Meijer; Acta Bot. Neerl. 10: 250 (1961)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Musa hirta Becc.; Nelle Foreste di Borneo, 624 (1902)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Musa indandamanensis L.J.Singh; Taiwania 59(1): 27 (2014)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.
41 AND
species :
Musa ingens Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 14: 198 (1960)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Musa insularimontana Hayata; Ic. Pl. Formos. 3: 194 (1913)
Distribution: Taiwan (Lan Yu Isl.)
38 TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa textilis var. tashisor Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 195 (1913)
species :
Musa itinerans Cheesman; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 4(1): 23-24 (1949)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Myanmar (Chin, Kachin, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Shan); NE-India (Manipur, Meghalaya)
36 CHI 40 IND 41 MYA
variant :
var. annamica (R.V.Valmayor, L.D.Danh & Häkkinen) Häkkinen; Novon 18(1): 51 (2008)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa itinerans subsp. annamica R.V.Valmayor, L.D.Danh & Häkkinen; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 88(2): 241 (2005)
variant :
var. chinensis Häkkinen; Novon 18(1): 51 (2008)
Distribution: China (Guangdong)
36 CHI
variant :
var. chiumei H.L.Chiu, C.T.Shii & T.Y.A.Yang; Taiwania 60(3): 133 (2015)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
variant :
var. formosana (Warb.) Häkkinen & C.L.Yeh; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 61(1): 44 (2010)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa formosana (Warb.) Hayata; Ic. Pl. Formos. 6: Suppl. (Gen. Ind. Fl. Formos.) 83 (1917)
= Musa basjoo var. formosana (Warb.) S.S.Ying; Mem. Coll. Agric. Nation. Taiwan Univ., 25(2):100 (1985)
= Musa paradisiaca var. formosana Warb.; Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 45: 21 (1900)
variant :
var. guangdongensis Häkkinen; Novon 18(1): 54 (2008)
Distribution: China (Guangdong)
36 CHI
variant :
var. hainanensis Häkkinen & X.J.Ge; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 61(1): 45 (2010)
Distribution: China (Hainan)
36 CHI
variant :
var. kavalanensis H.L.Chiu, C.T.Shii & T.Y.A.Yang; Novon 21(4): 410 (2011)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
variant :
var. lechangensis Häkkinen; Novon 18(1): 56 (2008)
Distribution: China (Guangdong)
36 CHI
variant :
var. xishuangbannaensis Häkkinen; Novon 18(1): 57 (2008)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Musa jackeyi W.Hill; Rep. Brisb. Bot. Gard. 7 (1874)
Distribution: Australia (NE-Queensland: near Innisfail and Babinda, and in the Daintree River area)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa hillii F.Muell.; Fragm. 9: 169 (1875)
species :
Musa jaheri Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus., No. 22, 12 (1948)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Musa johnsii Argent; Gard. Bull. Singapore 53: 1 (2001)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Musa juwiniana Meekiong, Ipor & Tawan; Folia Malaysiana 9(2): 110 (2008)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Musa kamengensis Gogoi & Häkkinen; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 64(3): 149 (2013)
Distribution: NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
species :
Musa kattuvazhana Jacob; Monogr. Madras Bananas, 129 (1952)
Distribution: Andaman / Nicobar Isl.; India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Musa lanceolata Warb. ex K.Schum.; Engl. Pflanzenreich. Musac. 19 (1900)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Musa lawitiensis Nasution & Supard.; Bul. Kebun Raya, 8(4): 128 (1998)
Distribution: Borneo (Kalimantan)
42 BOR
variant :
var. kapitensis Häkkinen; Adansonia 28(1): 61 (2006)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
variant :
var. sarawakensis Häkkinen; Adansonia 28(1): 62 (2006)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
variant :
var. suratii (Argent) Häkkinen; Adansonia 28(1): 60 (2006)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak)
42 BOR
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa suratii Argent; Gard. Bull. Singapore, 52(1): 203 (2000)
species :
Musa lokok Geri & Ng; Gard. Bull. Singapore 57(2): 279 (2005)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Musa lolodensis Cheesman; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, 27 (1950)
Distribution: Moluccas (Halmaheira); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 MOL NWG
species :
Musa lutea R.V.Valmayor, L.D.Danh & Häkkinen; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 87(1): 116 (2004)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Musa maclayi F.Muell.; Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 10: 348, in adnot., 355 (1885)
subspecies :
subsp. maclayi
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); ?Borneo
42 NWG
variant :
var. namatani Argent; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, 35(1): 97 (1976)
Distribution: Bismarck Arch. (New Ireland)
43 BIS
variant :
var. erecta (Simmonds) Argent; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, 35(1): 97 (1976)
Distribution: Solomon Isl.
43 SOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa erecta Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 571 (1954)
subspecies :
subsp. ailuluai Argent; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, 35(1): 101 (1976)
Distribution: New Guinea (Fergusson Isl.)
42 NWG
species :
Musa mannii H.Wendl. ex Baker; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: (1893) 263, in obs; in Bot. Mag. (1893) t. 7311; et in Ann. Bot. 7: 222 (1893)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam)
40 IND
variant :
var. namdangensis Gogoi & Borah; Taiwania 59(2): 94 (2014)
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
species :
Musa markkui Gogoi & Borah; Gard. Bull. Singapore 65(1): 20 (2013)
Distribution: NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
species :
Musa monticola M.Hotta ex Argent; Gard. Bull. Singapore, 52(1): 206 (2000)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah)
42 BOR
species :
Musa muluensis M.Hotta; J. Jap. Bot. 42: 345 (1967)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Musa nagalandiana S.Dey & Gogoi; Nordic J. Bot. 32(5): 584 (2014)
Distribution: India (Nagaland)
40 IND
species :
Musa nagensium Prain; J. As. Soc. Beng. 73: 21 (1904)
Distribution: NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland); Myanmar (Kachin); Thailand; China
36 CHI 40 IND 41 MYA THA
variant :
var. hongii Häkkinen; Novon 18(3): 337 (2008)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Musa nana Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 2: 644. (1790)
Distribution: cultivar; Java [I]; Laos [I]; Vietnam [I]; S-China [I]; Fiji [I]; Niue [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Guinea [c]
22 gui 36 chi 41 lao vie 42 jaw 60 fij nue 81 trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa cavendishii Lamb. ex Paxton; Paxton´s Mag. Bot. 3: 51-52, f. (1837)
= Musa chinensis Sweet; Hort. Brit. ed. II. 596 (1830)
= Musa rhinozerotis Kurz; J. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. N. S. 5: 64 (1878)
= Musa sinensis Sagot; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 209 (1893)
species :
Musa nanensis Swangpol & Traiperm; Syst. Bot. 40(2): 427, figs. 1-5 (2015)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Musa ochracea Shepherd; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 17: 461 (1964)
Distribution: India (Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura)
40 IND
species :
Musa ornata Roxb.; Hort. Beng. 19 (1814), nomen; Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall., 2: 488 (1824); Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, 1: 666 (1832)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal); Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Cambodia [I]; Bangladesh; Java [I]; Vietnam [I]; Mexico [I]; Colombia [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Guatemala [I]; Honduras [I]; Costa Rica [I]
40 BAN IND 41 cbd mya tha vie 42 jaw 79 mex 80 cos gua hon 81 trt 82 clm
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa carolinae Sterler; Hort. Nymph. 109 (1821)
= Musa mexicana Matuda; Madrono, 10: 167 (1950)
= Musa rosea Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 221 (1893)
= Musa rubra Hort. ex Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 2: 167 (1841)
= Musa speciosa Ten.; Ind. Sem. Hort. Neap. (1829) 16
= Musa rosacea Jacq.; Hort. Schoenb. 4: 22, t. 445 (1804)
species :
Musa paracoccinea A.Z.Liu & D.Z.Li; Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 43: 77 (2002)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Musa peekelii Lauterb.; Engl. Jahrb. 50: 306 (1913)
subspecies :
subsp. peekelii
Distribution: Bismarck Arch. (New Ireland)
43 BIS
subspecies :
subsp. angustigemma (Simmonds) Argent; Notes. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, 35(1): 106 (1976)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa angustigemma Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, 573 (1953 publ. 1954)
species :
Musa puspanjaliae Gogoi & Häkkinen; Nordic J. Bot. 31(4): 473 (2013)
Distribution: NE-India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
species :
Musa rectispica Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 9 (1948)
Distribution: Moluccas
42 MOL
species :
Musa rubida Holttum; Folia Malaysiana 13(2): 26 (2012)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
42 MLY
species :
Musa rubinea Häkkinen & C.H.Teo; Folia Malaysiana 9(1): 24 (2008)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Musa rubra Wall. ex Kurz; J. Agric. Hort. Soc. India 14: 301 (1876)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Myanmar (Bago, Mandalay, Sagaing, Shan, Kachin); India (Manipur, Mizoram)
36 CHI 40 IND 41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa laterita E.E.Cheeseman; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, 265 (1949)
species :
Musa ruiliensis W.N.Chen, Häkkinen & X.J.Ge; Phytotaxa 172(2): 110 (2014)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Musa sabuana K.Prasad, A.Joe, Bheem. & B.R.P.Rao; Indian J. Forest. 36(1): 151 (2013)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.
41 AND
species :
Musa sakaiana Meekiong, Ipor & Tawan; Folia Malaysiana 6(3-4): 132 (2005)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Musa salaccensis Zoll.; Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 74 (1854)
Distribution: Java; Sumatra
42 JAW SUM
species :
Musa sanguinea Hook.f.; Bot. Mag. t. 5975 (1872)
Distribution: Java [I]; Tibet; India (Assam); Thailand [I]; Myanmar [I]; Vietnam [I]; S-China
36 CHI TIB 40 IND 41 mya tha vie 42 jaw
species :
Musa schizocarpa Simmonds; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, 474 (1956 publ. 1957)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Musa serpentina Swangpol & Somana; Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 39: 32 (2011)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Musa shankarii Subba Rao & Kumari; Fl. Visakhapatnam Distr. (Andhra Pradesh) 2: 266 (2008)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh)
40 IND
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Musa siamensis Häkkinen & Rich.H.Wallace; Folia Malaysiana 8(2): 62 (2007)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Musa sikkimensis Kurz; J. Agr. Hort. Soc. Ind. N S. 5: 164 (1878)
Distribution: Bhutan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, West Bengal); Bangladesh
40 BAN BHU IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa hookeri (King ex Baker) Cowan; Trees Bengal, 135 (1929)
= Musa ×sapientum f. hookeri King ex Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 214 (1893)
variant :
var. simmondsii A.Joe & M.Sabu; Webbia 71(1): 56 (2016)
Distribution: India (Manipur, Meghalaya)
40 IND
species :
Musa splendida A.Chev.; Rev. Bot. Appliq., 14: 517 (1934)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Musa sumatrana Becc.; Illustr. Hortic. 27: (1880) 37. t. 375
Distribution: Sumatra (incl. Mentawai)
42 SUM
species :
Musa swarnaphalya Uma, Saraswathi & Durai; Indian J. Hort. 68(2): 146, figs. 1-3 (2011), nom. inval.
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Musa textilis Nees; Anal. Cienc. Nat. 4: 123 (1801)
Distribution: Borneo; Philippines; Java [I]; Fiji [I]; China [I] (Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Yunnan [I]); Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Yap [I], Truk [I], Pohnpei [I], Kosrae [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Agrihan [I]); Palau [I]; Guam [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; Myanmar [I]; Vietnam [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Guatemala [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Equatorial Guinea [I]; Bioko Isl. [I]; Guinea [c]
22 gui 23 eqg 36 chi 41 and mya ncb vie 42 BOR jaw PHI 60 fij 62 gum mic mrn plu 80 cos gua hon nic 81 trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa abaca Perr.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Par. 3: 130 (1825)
= Musa amboinensis Miq.; Fl. Ind. Bat. 3: 588 (1859)
= Musa mindanaensis Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 588 (1859)
= Musa sylvestris Colla; Mem. Gen. Musa, 58 (1820)
= Musa textilis var. amboinensis (Miq.) Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 211 (1893)
= Musa troglodytarum var. textoria Blanco; Fl. Filip.: 247 (1837)
species :
Musa thomsonii (King ex Baker) Cowan; Trees N. Bengal: 135 (1929)
Distribution: India (Sikkim, West Bengal)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa ×sapientum f. thomsonii King ex Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 214 (1893)
= Musa ×paradisiaca var. thomsonii (King ex Baker) King ex K.Schum.; Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 45: 21 (1900)
species :
Musa tomentosa Warb. ex K.Schum.; Engl. Pflanzenreich, Musac. 22 (1900)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Musa tonkinensis R.V.Valmayor, L.D.Danh & Häkkinen; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 88(2): 240 (2005)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Musa trichocarpa Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 13 (1948)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Musa troglodytarum L.; Sp. Pl. ed. II. 1477 (1763)
Distribution: New Caledonia; Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Tahuata [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Rotuma Isl. [I]; Java [I]; Moluccas [I]; Fiji [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Yap [I], Pohnpei [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Moorea [I]); [Western] Samoa [I] (Savaii [I]); Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I], Aitutaki [I], Ngaputoru Group [I])
42 jaw mol 60 fij NWC rot sam 61 coo mrq sci 62 mic plu 63 haw
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa fehi Bertero ex Vieill.; Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. IV. 16: 45 (1861)
= Musa fei Bertero ex Nadeaud.; Pl. Tahiti, 39
= Musa sapientum subsp. troglodytarum Baker
= Musa seemanni F.Muell.; Fragm. 9: 190 (1875)
= Musa uranoscopos Colla, Mem.Gen.Musa: 59 (1820), nom.illeg.
= Musa uranoscopus Colla; Mem. Gen. Musa. 59 (1820)
= Musa uranoscopus Seem.; Fl. Vit. 290 (1868)
= Musa ×paradisiaca subsp. troglodytarum (L.) K.Schum.; Engl., Pflanzenr., IV, 45: 21 (1900)
= Musa ×sapientum subsp. troglodytarum (L.) Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 215 (1893)
species :
Musa tuberculata M.Hotta; J. Jap. Bot. 42: 347 (1967)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Musa velutina H.Wendl. & Drude M.Sabu, A.Joe & Sreejith; Phytotaxa 92(2): 50 (2013)
subspecies :
subsp. markkuana
Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Musa markkuana (M.Sabu, A.Joe & Sreejith) Hareesh, A.Joe & M.Sabu; Phytotaxa 303(3): 283 (2017)
species :
Musa violascens Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. II. 3: 384 (1893)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Pahan, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan)
42 MLY
species :
Musa viridis R.V.Valmayor, L.D.Danh & Häkkinen; Philipp. Agric. Sci. 87(1): 115 (2004)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Musa voonii Häkkinen; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 55: 80 (2004)
Distribution: Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah)
42 BOR
species :
Musa yamiensis C.L.Yeh & J.H.Chen; Gard. Bull. Singapore 60(1): 167 (2008)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
species :
Musa yunnanensis Häkkinen & H.Wang; Novon 17(4): 441 (2007)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
variant :
var. caii Häkkinen & H.Wang; Nordic J. Bot. 26(5-6): 318 (2009)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
variant :
var. jingdongensis Häkkinen & H.Wang; Nordic J. Bot. 26(5-6): 322 (2009)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
variant :
var. yongpingensis Häkkinen & H.Wang; Nordic J. Bot. 26(5-6): 320 (2009)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Musa zaifui Häkkinen & H.Wang; Nordic J. Bot. 26(1-2): 43 (2008)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Musa ×calicutensis Smisha & M.Sabu; Taiwania 62(4): 382 (2017)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Musa ×formobisiana H.L.Chiu, C.T.Shii & T.Y.A.Yang; Taiwania 62(2): 148 (2017)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
species :
Musa ×paradisiaca L.; Sp. Pl.: 1043 (1753)
Name: Banane (DE), French plantain (EN)
Distribution: Java [c]; Nepal [c]; Laos [c]; Galapagos [c]; Jamaica [c]; Peru [c]; Cuba [c]; Belize [c]; Panama [c]; Peru [c]; Ecuador [c]; Costa Rica [c]; New Caledonia [c]; [Western] Samoa; Nicaragua [c]; Bolivia [c]; Mexico [c]; Colombia [c]; India [c]; China [c] (Fujian [c], Guangdong [c], Guangxi [c], Hainan [c], Yunnan [c]); South Korea [c]; Fed. States of Micronesia [c] (Yap [c], Murilo [c], Nomwin [c], Pohnpei [c], Mokil [c], Pingelap [c], Kosrae [c]); Guam [c]; Palau [c] (Babeldaob [c]); Society Isl. [c] (Tahiti [c], Raiatea [c]); American Samoa [c] (Manua Isl. [c]); Cook Isl. [c]; Niue [c]; N-Line Isl. [c] (Teraina [c], Tabueran [c], Kiritimati [c]); Tonga [c]; Tuamotu Arch. [c] (Makatea Isl. [c]); Marquesas Isl. [c]; Mauritius [c]; La Réunion [c]; Burkina Faso [c]; Guinea [c]; Bonin Isl. [c] (Chichijima [c], Hahajima [c]); Volcano Isl. [c] (Kita-Iwojima [c]); Hawaii [c] (Kauai [c], Oahu [c], Molokai [c], Lanai [c], Maui [c], Hawaii Isl. [c]); Andaman Isl. [c]; Nicobar Isl. [c]; USA [c] (Florida [c], Louisiana [c]); Philippines [c]; Vietnam [c]; Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [c]; Maldives [c]; Trinidad & Tobago [c]; Belize [c]; Guatemala [c]; Honduras [c]; El Salvador [c]
22 bkn gui 29 mau reu 36 chi 38 kor kzn oga 40 ind ldv mdv nep 41 and lao ncb vie 42 jaw phi 60 asa nue nwc SAM ton 61 coo lin mrq sci tua 62 gum mic plu 63 haw 78 usa 79 mex 80 blz cos els gua hon nic pan 81 cub jam trt 82 clm 83 bol ecu gal per
Remarks: Musa acuminata x balbisiana. Many cultivars and forms not listed
Synonyms: hidden
= Karkandela malabarica Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 106 (1838)
= Musa ×paradisiaca subsp. normalis Kuntze [Revis.Gen.Pl.2: 692 (1891), nom.inval.]
= Musa cavendishii var. hawaiiensis N.G.Teodoro; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 410 (1915)
= Musa cavendishii var. pumila (Blanco) N.G.Teodoro; Philipp. J. Sci., C 10: 412 (1915)
= Musa ×acutibracteata M.Hotta; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 21: 4 (1964)
= Musa ×alphurica Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 589 (1859)
= Musa ×berteroi Colla; Mem. Gen. Musa: 57 (1820)
= Musa ×chapara Perr.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 131 (1825)
= Musa ×chiliocarpa Backer ex K.Heyne; Nutt. Pl. Ned. Ind. ed. 2, 510 (1922)
= Musa ×consociata Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 16 (1948)
= Musa ×corniculata Lour.; Fl. Cochinch.: 644 (1790)
= Musa ×dacca Horan.; Prodr. Monogr. Scitam.: 41 (1862)
= Musa ×humilis Perr.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 131 (1825)
= Musa ×megalocarpa Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 11 (1948)
= Musa ×mensaria Moench; Methodus: 647 (1794)
= Musa ×minor Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 11 (1948)
= Musa ×mirabilis Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 11 (1948)
= Musa ×nigra Perr.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 131 (1825)
= Musa ×odorata Lour.; Fl. Cochinch.: 644 (1790)
= Musa ×oleracea Vieill.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., IV, 16: 46 (1861)
= Musa ×prematura Nakai; Bull. Tokyo Sci. Mus. 22: 16 (1948)
= Musa ×rosacea Jacq.; Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 4: 22 (1804)
= Musa ×sapidisiaca K.C.Jacob; Monogr. Madras Bananas: 11 (1952)
= Musa ×sapientum L.; Syst. Nat. ed. 10: 1303 (1759)
= Musa ×uranoscopos L.; Herb. Amb.: 20 (1754)
= Musa ×vittata W.Ackm. ex Rodigas; J. Gén. Hort. 15: 25 (1862)
= Musa balbisiana var. vittata (Hook.) M.R.Almeida; Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 115 (2009)
species :
Musa ×parahaekkinenii Smisha & M.Sabu; Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. 25(2): 168 (2018)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
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