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The general description of the cultivar. The general description of the cultivar.
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Musa sp. 'VN1-054' is placed here rather speculatively. Known in Vietnam as Chuoi Rung Hoa Soan, it has been confused with Musa itinerans although differing in its remarkable imbricate male bud. That it is a hitherto unknown species is reported here for the first time. Musa sp. 'VN1-054' is placed here rather speculatively. Known in Vietnam as Chuoi Rung Hoa Soan, it has been confused with Musa itinerans although differing in its remarkable imbricate male bud. That it is a hitherto unknown species is reported here for the first time.
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Contents

Musa

Brief intro about the genus.

Description

The general description of the cultivar.

Species List

Section Ingentimusa

from Papua New Guinea 

   Musa ingens

Section Callimusa

(incorporating Australimusa) 

   M. alinsanaya
   M. beccarii [see note]
   M. boman
   M. borneënsis
   M. bukensis
   M. campestris
   M. coccinea [see note]
   M. exotica [see note]
   M. fitzalanii [extinct]
   M. flavida
   M. gracilis
   M. hirta [see note]
   M. insularimontana [see note]
   M. jackeyi
   M. johnsii
   M. lawitiensis
   M. lolodensis
   M. maclayi
   M. monticola
   M. muluensis
   M. paracoccinea
   M. peekelii
   M. pigmaea [see note]
   M. salaccensis
   M. splendida [see note]
   M. suratii [see note]
   M. textilis (see also Abacá)
   M. tuberculata
   M. violascens

Section Musa

(incorporating Rhodochlamys) 

   M. acuminata
   M. angcorensis [see note]
   M. aurantiaca
   M. balbisiana
   M. banksii [see note]
   M. basjoo [see note]
   M. cheesmanii
   M. flaviflora [see note]
   M. griersonii
   M. itinerans
   M. laterita
   M. mannii
   M. nagensium
   M. ochracea
   M. ornata [see note]
   M. rubra
   M. sanguinea
   M. schizocarpa
   M. siamea [see note]
   M. sikkimensis
   M. thomsonii [see note]
   M. velutina [see note]
   M. sp. 'Burmese Blue' [see note]
   M. sp. 'VN1-054' [see note]

Notes: 

   Musa angcorensis Gagnep. is poorly known and may not be a good species. It was placed very tentatively in section Callimusa but, if it exists at all, it is more likely to be section Musa.

   Musa banksii F. Muell. is generally considered to be a distinct species rather than a form of M. acuminata.

   Musa beccarii Simmonds is reported as having a chromosome number of x (= 1n) = 9 and 10, the latter due to multivalent formation during meiosis. Although genetically it nestles comfortably within section Callimusa the chromosome number needs clarification.

   Musa basjoo is the most cold hardy species of Musa, growing and fruiting successfully in outdoor cultivation in the British Isles and British Columbia.

   Musa coccinea Andrews has been confirmed as the correct name for the plant often called Musa uranoscopos Lour. in the literature.

   Musa exotica Valmayor is newly described from Vietnam where it is known as Chuoi Rung Hoa Do. It has the correct chromosome number for section Callimusa.

   Musa flaviflora Simmonds (one of the "parents" of M. ornata) should perhaps be treated as a sub-species of Musa acuminata Colla.

   Musa hirta Becc. is a good species although poorly known and its affinities with M. beccarii suggest it belongs with that species in section Callimusa.

   Musa insularimontana Hayata endemic to a single island off Taiwan is poorly known. It is close to M. textilis and is perhaps vulnerable to reduction.

   Musa ornata Roxb. seems to be a "secondary species", a relic of a hybrid swarm between M. flaviflora and M. velutina.

   Musa pigmaea Hotta (nomen nudum as yet) is a good species although enigmatic. Its reported affinity with M. beccarii suggests it belongs with that species in section Callimusa.

   Musa siamea (comb. nov) is placed here somewhat prematurely but based on recent genetic evidence is likely to be elevated from M. acuminata subsp. siamea.

   Musa splendida A. Chev. is poorly known and may not be a good species. A plant known as Chuoi gai, a name given by Chevalier for M. splendida, seems identical with M. paracoccinea but differs from Chevalier's description of M. splendida.

   Musa thomsonii Noltie is a good species although very poorly known. However, seed has just become available commercially.

   Musa velutina Wendl. & Drude may be the same as Musa dasycarpa Kurz in which case the latter would have priority.

   Musa sp. 'Burmese Blue' is placed here deliberately provocatively. It has been reported as being M.acuminata and M. balbisiana but seems different from both.

   Musa sp. 'VN1-054' is placed here rather speculatively. Known in Vietnam as Chuoi Rung Hoa Soan, it has been confused with Musa itinerans although differing in its remarkable imbricate male bud. That it is a hitherto unknown species is reported here for the first time.

Cultivars

Musa 'Ae Ae'

External

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