Musaceae
Musa

Musa schizocarpa N.W.Simmonds

First published in Kew Bull. 11: 474 (1956 publ. 1957)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New Guinea. It is a herbaceous tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New Guinea

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Häkkinen, M. & Väre, H. (2008). Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes. Adansonia, III, 30: 63-112.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 1995 Johns, R.J. [8140], Indonesia K000782820 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 49], Papua New Guinea 18863.000 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 37], New Guinea 18864.000 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 13], New Guinea 18867.000 Unknown type material No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 42], New Guinea 18869.000 No
Simmonds, H.W. [B.E. 52], Papua New Guinea 18870.000 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 17], New Guinea 19016.000 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 47], New Guinea 19017.000 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 27], New Guinea 19018.000 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 26], New Guinea 19019.000 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 54], Papua New Guinea 19022.000 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 19], New Guinea 20337.000 No
Simmonds, N.W. [B.E. 20], New Guinea 20338.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0