Musaceae
Musa

Musa troglodytarum L.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1478 (1763)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is a cultigen from Papuasia to SW. Pacific. It is a herbaceous tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Is.

Introduced into:

Cook Is., Fiji, Hawaii, Jawa, Maluku, Marquesas, Santa Cruz Is., Society Is., Tuamotu, Tubuai Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Florence, J. & Hallé, N. (1986). Suite du catalogue des plantes a fleurs et Fougères des iles Australes. Rapa: 151-158. Direction des centres d'expérimentations nucléaires. Service mixte de contrôle biologique.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Florence, J. & Hallé, N. (1986). Suite du catalogue des plantes a fleurs et Fougères des iles Australes. Rapa: 151-158. Direction des centres d'expérimentations nucléaires. Service mixte de contrôle biologique.
  • Lorence, D.H. & Wagner, W.L. (2019). Flora of the Marquesas Islands 1: 1-411. National Tropical Botanic Garden, Smithsonian, DRPF.
  • St. John, H. (1988). Census of the Flora of the Gambier islands, Polynesia. Pacific Plant Studies 43: 1-34.
  • Sykes, W.R. (2016). Flora of the Cook Islands: 1-973. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii.
  • iNaturalist.org (2019-countinuously updated). iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Occurrence dataset http://www.inaturalist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Seemann, B. [619] Fiji Musa seemannii K000906580 Unknown Type Material Yes
Seemann, B. [619] Fiji Musa seemannii K000906579 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Musa fehi K:SPC-22668.000 No
Hart [s.n.] New Caledonia Musa fehi K000906581 Unknown Type Material Yes
Simmonds, N.W. Samoa Musa fehi K:SPC-18167.000 No
Dodds, R.S. Fiji Musa fehi K:SPC-18166.000 No
[I.C.T.A. int] Jamaica Musa fehi K:SPC-20336.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images