Musaceae
Musa

Musa salaccensis Zoll. ex Kurz

First published in J. Agric. Soc. India 14: 301 (1867)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sumatera to W. Jawa. It is a herbaceous tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Jawa, Sumatera

Classification

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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. (2009). Typification of Musa salaccensis and nomenclatural notes on Musa (Musaceae). Adansonia, III, 31: 41-46.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Häkkinen, M. & Väre, H. (2009). Typification of Musa salaccensis and nomenclatural notes on Musa (Musaceae). Adansonia, III, 31: 41-46.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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/
    • © 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 2025. 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

  • Seed Collection Guides

    • Seed Collection Guides
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0