Musa laterita Cheesman

First published in Kew Bull. 4: 265 (1949)
This name is a synonym of Musa rubra

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Joe, A., Sreejith, P.E. & Sabu, M. (2016). Notes on Musa rubra Kurz (Musaceae) and reduction of M. laterita Cheeseman as conspecific. Taiwania 61: 34-40. [Cited as Musa rubra.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Musa laterita.]
  • Häkkinen, M. (2005). Ornamental bananas: notes on the section Rhodochlamys (Musaceae). Folia Malaysiana 6: 49-72. [Cited as Musa laterita.]
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh. [Cited as Musa laterita.]
  • Valmayor, R.V., Danh, L.D. & Hakkinen, M. (2005). The wild and ornamental Musaceae of Vietnam with descriptions of two new traveling bananas. Philippine Agricultural Scientist 88: 236-244. [Cited as Musa laterita.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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