Gabe15

That is a Musa for sure, nothing else. As far as the thin leaves, my 'Ae Ae' looked the same when young, you cant judge what a mature plant will look like based on it juvenile state. Musa x paradisiaca is an invalid name to begin with, and the cultivar name 'Vittata' has been used in many different cases for 'Ae Ae'. Musa paradisiaca is simply a type name for any banana, there is not any plant actually called Musa paradisiaca. Musa x paradisiaca is trying to show that edible bananas are hybrids, which are also sometimes written as Musa sapientum. Again, none of these are real plants, they are just names that mean "banana" in general. The name Musa x paradisiaca 'Vittata' came from the era when many edible bananas were being incorrectly identified and classified as actual species (species meaning wild bananas). At this same time, many wild bananas were being named Musa pardisiaca var......., again these were not immediatly recognized as seperate species because the orgins of the edible banana had many botanists confused for a very long time. These names are not valid anymore, as many of you know, wild bananas are written just like any wild species (like Musa acuminata, Musa velutina....), but edible bananas have for some time now had thier own unique naming system, which in this case would be Musa 'Ae Ae' (AAB), however unless you are holding a research colection, the genetics part is not important. Edible bananas are not species so rightfully so, they cannot be given species names (latin binomials).

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