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Old 11-11-2011, 08:12 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: Banana Identification Key?

Markku was referring to botanical varieties, not cultivars (cultivated varieties, ie. edible bananas). Variety is a taxonomic rank below the species level.

As mentioned before, it is impractical to make a key including all cultivars as there are too many names and too much diversity for it to be useful or even possible to be made.

There are some keys which have been made for regional diversity, and those can be useful. For example, a key could be made for the top 25 most common bananas in Southern Florida, or Hawaii. But to just cover everything, it is not practical.
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