Musaceae
Musa

Musa aurantiaca G.Mann ex Baker

First published in Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 7: 222 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Assam to N. Myanmar. It is a herbaceous tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Tibet

Accepted Infraspecifics

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). A taxonomic revision of Musa aurantiaca (Musaceae) in Southeast Asia. Journal of systematics and evolution 46: 89-92.
  • Häkkinen, M. & Väre, H. (2008). Typification and check-list of Musa L. names (Musaceae) with nomenclatural notes. Adansonia, III, 30: 63-112.
  • Häkkinen, M. (2005). Ornamental bananas: notes on the section Rhodochlamys (Musaceae). Folia Malaysiana 6: 49-72.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Häkkinen, M. & Väre, H. (2008). A taxonomic revision of Musa aurantiaca (Musaceae) in Southeast Asia. Journal of systematics and evolution 46: 89-92.
  • Häkkinen, M. (2005). Ornamental bananas: notes on the section Rhodochlamys (Musaceae). Folia Malaysiana 6: 49-72.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.], India K000308203 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • 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