Musaceae
Musa

Musa thomsonii (King) A.M.Cowan & Cowan

First published in Trees N. Bengal: 135 (1929)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sikkim to China (Yunnan). It is a herbaceous tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Häkkinen, M. & Väre, H. (2008). Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes. Adansonia, III, 30: 63-112.
  • Häkkinen, M., Gogoi, R. & Borah, S. (2014). A taxonomic study of Musa flaviflora and M. thomsonii (Musaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 32: 578-583.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following 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 flaviflora.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Häkkinen, M., Gogoi, R. & Borah, S. (2014). A taxonomic study of Musa flaviflora and M. thomsonii (Musaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 32: 578-583.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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