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Species Bananas Discussions of all the different wild species of banana (non edible), an aspect of the hobby that deserves its own section.


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Old 10-15-2006, 06:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Musella Lasiocarpa now a Musa

I guess this is a new development? details on the RHS site:

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Learning/publi...02/bananas.asp

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Old 10-15-2006, 06:58 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Well, that site is from 2002 and I don't know if all botanists would accept that. I know that I don't accept it( and I am just a few years away from having a degree and being an actual Botanist by profession). I am very skeptical about this also, because I haven't seen a scientific journal article about it. That is what I really use to go by when it comes to changes in nomenclature like that.

Gabe- had you seen this before? What does Markku say about it?


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Old 10-15-2006, 07:16 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I'm very skeptical about that also. Supposedly, there has been another species of Musella discovered in North Vietnam, so it may not be a monotypic genus after alll. Where are their references? Who reclassified it and why? Too much missing information there.
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There are 2 species of Musella, Musella lasiocarpa and Musella splendida, and yes they are different. They are still in their own genus, nothing has changed for a few years. If anything they are closer to Ensete, not Musa. Infact they should cross fairly easily, Ensete x Musella, but not Musa x Musella.
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Gabe:
What are the differences between Musella lasiocarpa and splendida?
Flower/fruit wise?

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Carlos- I know splendida is from Vietnam. I think the bracts are a little longer, at least from what I have seen on the internet.

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I know it is a larger plant, but I have not seen the full description, only a few pictures.
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